No. 06PL012 - Darlington Estates

A request by Boschee Engineering for Mike Gould to consider an application for a Layout Plat on Lots 1 thru 16, Darlington Estates, formerly that portion of the NE1/4 lying west of the Railroad Right-of-Way; and the N1/2 NW1/4, Section 34, T1N, R8E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, legally described as that portion of the NE1/4 lying west of the Railroad Right-of-Way; and the N1/2 NW1/4, Section 34, T1N, R8E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as being located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Old Folsom Road and Lamb Road.


PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Layout Plat be approved with the following stipulations:

1.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show an access easement and/or right-of-way along the first 275 feet of Lots 4 and 5. In addition, construction plans shall be submitted for review and approval showing the access easement and/or right-of-way with a minimum width of 49 feet 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 or the plat document shall be revised to reconfigure the lots eliminating the flagpole configuration;

2.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show an access easement and/or right-of-way along the first 650 feet of Lots 14 and 15. In addition, construction plans shall be submitted for review and approval showing the access easement and/or right-of-way with a minimum width of 49 feet 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 or the plat document shall be revised to reconfigure the lots eliminating the flagpole configuration;

3.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an Exception shall be obtained to waive the requirement to provide intermediate turnaround(s) every 600 feet as per the Street Design Criteria Manual or the plat document shall be revised accordingly;

4.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained to allow a lot twice as long as it is wide or the plat document shall be revised to comply with the length to width requirement;

5.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the 55 foot diameter emergency turn-around easement as right-of-way or the plat document shall be revised eliminating the flagpole lot configuration(s) from the easement;

6.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document be revised eliminating the flagpole configuration of Lot 2;

7.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, a grading plan and an erosion and sediment control plan for all improved areas shall be submitted for review and approval;

8.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, a drainage plan shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, the drainage plan shall provide on-site detention as needed. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to provide drainage easements as necessary;

9.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, a geotechnical report including pavement design shall be submitted for review and approval. In addition, the geotechnical report shall identify recommendations for the large deep embankment area;

10.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, sewer plans prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer showing the extension of sanitary sewer mains and service lines shall be submitted for review and approval or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. If individual on-site wastewater systems are proposed, then an on-site wastewater plan prepared by a Professional Engineer demonstrating that the soils are suitable for on-site wastewater systems must be submitted for review and approval;

11.

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 and/or a community water facility is proposed then it shall be designed as a public water system or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In particular, the water system shall be constructed and designed to provide adequate fire and domestic flows. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to show utility easement(s) as needed;

12.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, a utility master plan including public and private utilities shall be submitted for review and approval;

13.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, road construction plans for Lamb Road shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, the street shall be located in a minimum 100 foot right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 40 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, sidewalk, street light conduit, water and sewer or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to show the dedication of 17 additional feet of right-of-way;

14.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, road construction plans for Hidalgo Court and Kimberwick Road shall be submitted for review and approval. In particular, the road construction plans shall show the streets located in a minimum 49 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 24 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, street light conduit, water and sewer or the streets shall be located in a minimum 45 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 20 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, street light conduit, water and sewer or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. If on-street parking is not provided, the developer shall provide visitor parking at the rate of one paved parking stall per dwelling located within three hundred feet of the residence and the street shall be posted with no parking signs. In addition, a turnaround shall be provided at the end of the street with a minimum 110 foot wide diameter easement or right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 96 foot wide paved surface, curb, gutter, sidewalk, street light conduit, water or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

15.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an Exception shall be obtained to allow a 1,260 foot long cul-de-sac with no intermediate turnarounds in lieu of a maximum 1,200 foot long cul-de-sac with an intermediate turnaround every 600 feet as per the Street Design Criteria Manual or the plat document shall be revised accordingly;

16.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the section line highway relocated to Lamb Road and Old Folsom Road as approved by the Pennington County Board of Commissioners;

17.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the dedication of 17 additional feet of right-of-way for Old Folsom Road or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

18.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to reconfigure Lots 7 and 8 to allow access to each lot from Hidalgo Court. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to reconfigure Lots 9, 10, 15 and 16 to allow access to each lot from Kimberwick Road;

19.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show a non-access easement along Old Folsom Road and Lamb Road and the first 115 feet of Hidalgo Court and Kimberwick Road as they extend south from Lamb Road as per the Street Design Criteria Manual or an Exception shall be obtained;

20.

Upon submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, a cost estimate of the subdivision improvements shall be submitted for review and approval;

21.

Prior to submittal of a Preliminary Plat application, the property shall be rezoned by Pennington County to a zoning district that allowed the proposed lot sizes or the plat document shall be revised accordingly;

22.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the applicant shall submit proof of the legal entity which will provide the mechanism for street maintenance and snow removal. In particular, an agreement with Pennington County shall be submitted for review and approval indicating that the proposed street shall be accepted by Pennington County for road maintenance and snow removal; or evidence shall be submitted for review and approval that a road district has been established in accordance with SDCL 31-12A-1; or a legally binding agreement shall be submitted for review and approval by the City Council which guarantees sufficient financial commitment to provide these services;

23.

Upon submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show a ten foot wide planting screen easement along Old Folsom Road and Lamb Road or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the planting screen easement shall not conflict with utility easement(s);

24.

Upon submittal of a 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 if percolation and profile information is not sufficient for conventional systems”; and,

25.

Upon submittal of a 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: (9 to 0 with Andrews, Brenneise, Brewer, Brown, Hennies, Landguth, LeMay, Schmidt and Waltman voting yes and none voting no)