No. 04PL175 - Holy cow Ranch Subdivision

A request by Gordon Howie to consider an application for a Layout and Preliminary Plat on Lot 1R, Lot 9R, Well Lot A, and Well Lot B, Holy Cow Ranch Subdivision located in Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 19, T1N, R9E, BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota, legally described as Lot 1 and Lot 9 of Holy Cow Ranch Subdivision located in Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 19, T1N, R9E, BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as being located at 23258 Radar Hill Road.


Staff recommends to continue the Layout and Preliminary Plat to January 3, 2005 City Council meeting as the stipulations have not been met.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Layout and Preliminary Plat be approved with the following stipulations:
1. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for Radar Hill Road shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, road construction plans shall show Radar Hill Road located in a minimum 60 foot right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 26 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, street light conduit, water and sewer or a Variance to the Subdivision Requirements shall be obtained;
2. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for Holy Cow Ranch Road shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, the road construction plans shall show Holy Cow Ranch Road located in a minimum 49 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 24 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, sidewalk, street light conduit, water and sewer or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;
3. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a Master Utility Plan shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, the Master Utility Plan shall identify the well location, pumps, extension of water service lines, septic tanks and drainfields for each lot as well as private utilities (i.e., electricity, gas, telephone);
4. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the location and depth of wells and service lines, septic tanks and drainfields for each lot shall be submitted for review and approval to ensure separation from well locations as per South Dakota State Regulations;
5. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a cost estimate of the subdivision improvements shall be submitted for review and approval;
6. Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, water plans prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer showing the extension of water mains shall be submitted for review. If a shared well is proposed, data to confirm that the proposed on-site well(s) have sufficient flows shall be submitted and it shall be designed as a public water system or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the plat document shall show utility easement(s) as needed;
7. Prior to Final Plat application, five foot additional right-of-way shall be dedicated for Radar Hill Road as it abuts the subject property;
8. Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the correct railroad name, “ State of South Dakota , South Dakota Railroad Authority”;
9. Prior to submittal of the Final Plat application, a note shall be placed on the plat document stating that “a reserve drainfield area shall be identified upon submittal of a building permit” and that “on-site wastewater disposal systems shall be mound systems, holding tanks or evapotranspiration systems only”; and,
10. Upon submittal of the Final Plat application, surety for any required subdivision improvements that have not been completed shall be posted and the subdivision inspection fees shall be paid.  

VOTE: (7-0 with Nash, Brown, Fast Wolf, Schmidt, Prairie Chicken, Anderson and Hadcock all voting yes and none voting no)