LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 21-3684    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 2/1/2021 In control: Planning
On agenda: 2/15/2021 Final action: 2/15/2021
Title: Vote on a request to approve a request by Mark Ashness, P.E., on behalf of Laurel Ridge Development, Inc. for subdivision Final Plat review and approval of Laurel Ridge Phase 2B, consisting of 14 lots on 67 acres, located off Old NC 87, SR-1547, Hadley Township, parcel #86169.
Indexes: Comp Plan Goal 5: Conserve natural resources.
Attachments: 1. More information from the Planning department website
Title
Vote on a request to approve a request by Mark Ashness, P.E., on behalf of Laurel Ridge Development, Inc. for subdivision Final Plat review and approval of Laurel Ridge Phase 2B, consisting of 14 lots on 67 acres, located off Old NC 87, SR-1547, Hadley Township, parcel #86169.
Abstract
Action Requested:
Vote on a request to approve a request by Mark Ashness, P.E., on behalf of Laurel Ridge Development, Inc. for subdivision Final Plat review and approval of Laurel Ridge Phase 2B, consisting of 14 lots on 67 acres, located off Old NC 87, SR-1547, Hadley Township, parcel #86169.
Introduction and Background:
The Board of Commissioners granted sketch design approval of "The Bluffs", consisting of 112 lots on 597 acres on May 15, 2006. The preliminary plat approval of "The Bluff, Phase 1" consisting of 36 lots on 180 acres on November 20, 2006. The Board of Commissioners granted final plat approval of "The Bluffs", consisting of 12 lots on 54 acres on November 19, 2007.
Plat Book 2008 Pages 325-328, filed September 30, 2008 titled "Recombination Survey for Laurel Ridge Development, Inc., The Estates at Laurel Ridge PH 2A" changed the subdivision name. A portion of "The Bluffs" from Rock Rest Road south to "The Estates at Laurel Ridge" was combined and "The Bluffs" portion became lands of "The Estates at Laurel Ridge".
The Board of Commissioners granted approval of a unified development schedule on October 21, 2013 to extend the final plat submittal date to June 30, 2020. June 30, 2020 date was extended by the adoption of Senate Bill 704, adopted by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor in response to COVID-19 crisis, for five months to May 31, 2021.
The property is zoned R-5 and has a three-acre minimum lot size with a five-acre average and has a watershed designation of WSIV-PA.

Discussion and Analysis:
The request is for Final Plat approval of Laurel Ridge, Phase 2B consisting of 14 lots on 67 acres with a financial guarantee for the completion o...

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