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From: "Ginger" <Ginger@CDLBCS.com>
To: "Lauren Hovde" <Lhovde@cstx.gov>
Date: 1/20/2009 4:55 PM
Subject: need clarification on Saddle Creek comments
Hey, Lauren -
Could you please clarify the following comments received for Saddle
Creek Phases 3 & 5?
Planning Comments:
2, Saddle Creek Phase 2 Final Plat, a variance request was submitted
for right angle lots, but was presented to the P& Z as a discretionary
item. Should this item also be presented in that manner? ` e S bU4
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Also, where is the acute angle intersection? Centerlines of all
intersections for these phases have been checked and each measure 90
degrees.
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3. If a block length variance was previously approved and no changes
were made to the Preliminary Plat in the location of the variance, why
would we need to include a new request for this variance? not o n rcv; s� P P , K4-.L A !o Ion.
4. Is including "of the" in the plat title a new requirement? Every
plat title we have turned in for any project, including 3 for this
subdivision, have not been required to include "of the" in the title
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Engineering Comments:
1. All of the utilities for the subdivision are in the front of the
lots for lots that have an existing drainage way at the rear of the
lots. A public utility easement is not necessary In these locations.
If a public utility easement was placed along the rear lot lines it
would allow a utility company to come in and destroy the trees along the
drainage way. The easements were not required on similar lots in Phase
1 or 2.
13. The existing drainage ways carry the natural flow of water. Since
the lot lines generally follow the center of the drainage way, it will
be very difficult for a lot owner to block the drainage without some
encroachment onto the adjoining lot. If an easement is placed on these
lots, it may appear that a lot owner can encroach onto his neighbor's
lot and make changes to the vegetation and topography as long as he does
not go outside the easement. We think that placement of a private
drainage easement could result in more problems. There have been no
problems with the way we have proposed it.