No. 08SV014 - Homestead Plaza Subdivision

A request by Dream Design International Inc. to consider an application for a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter, sidewalk and street light conduit along Sweetbriar Street as per Chapter 16.16 of the Rapid City Municipal Code on Lots 1-8 of Block 1 and 2; Lots 1-33 of Block 3; Tracts A, B, C and D of Block 4; and the Drainage Lot 1, Homestead Plaza Subdivision, located in the S1/2 NW1/4 and in the N1/2 SW1/4, Section 3, T1N, R8E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, legally described as a portion of Tract A of F&N Subdivision, the balance of the E1/2 SW1/4 NW1/4, the balance of the SE1/4 NW1/4, located in the S1/2 NW1/4 and the N1/2 SW1/4, Section 3, T1N, R8E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as being located east of Timmons Boulevard, south of Neel Street and west of Big Sky Drive.


STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the following revised stipulation based on additional information submitted by the applicant:
1. That the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter and sidewalk along the east side of Sweetbriar Street be denied without prejudice; that the requirement to provide a barrow ditch along the east side of Sweetbriar Street be denied without prejudice; that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter and sidewalk along the west side of Sweetbriar Street be denied; and, that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive street light conduit be denied without prejudice.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb and gutter along the east side of Sweetbriar Street be approved contingent upon a barrow ditch being provided to accommodate drainage and that sidewalk be provided; that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter and sidewalk along the west side of Sweetbriar Street be denied; and, that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive street light conduit be denied without prejudice.

VOTE: (9 to 1 with Anderson, Brewer, Brown, Derby, Gregg, Hennies, Landguth, Rolinger and Waltman voting yes and Scull voting no)