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Vote on a request by NNP Briar Chapel LLC for a Conditional Use Permit for a recreation club with a minimum lot area of five acres to be located on Parcel No. 2177 (US Steele Subdivision), located off Half Dollar Road, Baldwin Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
A request by NNP Briar Chapel LLC for a Conditional Use Permit for a recreation club with a minimum lot area of five acres to be located on Parcel No. 2177 (US Steele Subdivision), located off Half Dollar Road, Baldwin Township.
Introduction & Background:
A quasi-judicial public hearing was held on October 17, 2016. Presenting were planning staff, Attorney Nick Robinson for the applicant, and Ryan Jackson with David Weekly Homes, contractor within the development of Briar Chapel.
The recreation facility is to be located within a newly approved conservation subdivision identified as the US Steel tract. It is owned by Newland Communities, which is also developing the Briar Chapel compact community. The specific area where the recreation facility has been proposed is within Phase 1B which has obtained construction approval at this time.
Although the conservation subdivision identified two areas as a recreation sites, this proposal is not intended to be an amenity for the lots proposed in the US Steele subdivision. The US Steele residents will be allowed to utilize the existing amenity area located within the interior of the Briar Chapel compact community. The users of the new facility are intended for residents in the age restricted area currently identified as "The Encore", which is located within Briar Chapel Phase 16 immediately to the west of the US Steel subdivision. These will be 55 and older homeowners and per David Weekly Homes' representative, will be required to pay dues for this amenity. Briar Chapel was rezoned to Conditional Use Compact Community with a conditional use permit in 2005 and the US Steel property is zoned R1, Residential.
Because this is not an amenity that is accessory ...
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