Public Comment

No. 04SV048 - Village on the Green No. 2 Subdivision
A request by FMG, Inc. for Wyss Associates, Inc. to consider an application for a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter, street light conduit and sidewalks and to dedicate additional right-of-way as per Chapter 16.16 of the Rapid City Municipal Code on Lots 42A, 42B, 43A, 43B, 44A, 44B, 45A, 45B, 46A, 46B, 47A, 47B, 48A, 48B, 49A, 49B, 50A, 50B, 51A, 51B, 52A, 52B, 53A, 53B, 54A, 54B, and platted private drive and utility easement shown as Mulligan Mile all located in Village on the Green No. 2 Subdivision, located in the NE1/4 of Section 13, T1S, R7E, BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota, legally described as a portion of previously platted Golf Course Parcel and Gate House Parcel of Hart Ranch Development located in NE1/4 of Section 13, T1S, R7E, BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as extending from the current eastern terminus of Mulligan Mile.


PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to reduce the minimum required right-of-way for a subcollector street (no parking) from 47 feet to 40 feet for Mulligan Mile from it’s current terminus east to Arena Drive be approved with the following stipulations:

1.

A five foot access easement shall be provided along both sides of the Mulligan Mile private drive; and,

2.

A note prohibiting on-street parking is placed on the plat.

 

 

That the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement for sidewalks on both sides of Mulligan Mile be approved with the stipulation that an eight foot wide paved asphalt walking trail as identified on the site plan be constructed;

 

 

That the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement for the installation of street light conduit along the entire length of Mulligan Mile be denied; and,

 

 

That the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to allow a twenty foot paved surface and no curb and gutter for the connector/service drive connecting the two proposed cul-de-sacs be approved as an experimental subdivision with the following stipulations:

1.

Information documenting that provisions have been made for ongoing snow removal and maintenance of the connector/service drive shall be submitted prior to Final Plat approval;

2.

No parking signs shall be installed on the connector/service drive; and,

3.

Adequate provisions for drainage shall be included in the design to protect the roadway surface of the connector/service drive.

(6 to 0 with Anderson , Brown, Hadcock, Nash, Prairie Chicken and Schmidt voting yes and with none voting no)