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Home My WebLink AboutMiscellaneous ~m lJrban. Design Group August 4, 1993 David J. Pullen, P.E. City Engineer City of College Station P.O. Box. 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Re: Emerald Forest Phase 9 Dear David, Please receive this letter as.a written request for a variance to the. Subdivision Regulations, Section 8M, Sidewalks. Pursuant to the regulations, exceptions to . or partial waiver of the requirements may. be granted by the City ..Councilwhen adherence to said requirement . would be. unreasonable and not consistent with the purposes. and goals of the regulations or the comprehensive development plan. We are asking for. a partial waiver of the sidewalk requirements,.. i.e. for the street called Crystal Oaks which is 300' long. Sidewalk does not exist on WildewoodCircle. If Sidewalk on Crystal Oaks is constructed,. it will not .connect to..sidewalk onWildewood. This. is not. consistent. with the goal of providing continuous sidewalk throughout the City. There is side.walk proposed for Spring Creek which will connect up with existing sidewalk along Spring Creek in Phase 8, and with proposed sidewalk along North Forest Parkway when it is constructed. Should this variance request be incomplete, please contact meat your earliest convenience. Thank you. Sincerely, ~~Ketg,~ . Urban-Design Group //'~'J I~; Allen Swoboda Owner. and Developer c:\winword\devon\veronica Post Office Box 10153 · College Station, Texas 77842 . 409-.69 6.9653 ~m lJrban Design Group ~:7 LJ a..... ~ ,a t;~,~~0..),1 J 0# -, I. --"'" " ~. ,." ..".....::IV.,...l ....~~~l...,.;-.. August 3, 1993 David J. Pullen, P.E~ City Engineer City of College Station P. O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Re: Emerald Forest Phase 9 Final Plat Dear David, Attached please find . the - revised Emerald Forest Phase 9 Plat. The revisions reflect questions raised shortly before the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting. The changes include: 1) The 20'utility easement on the rear of Block 14 has been correctly labeled as 20'. 2) You asked about the 10' utility easement on the rear of Block 13, and if the 10' was for bothsides.of the.propertyline.Attached..isthe legal description of the 0.19..acre easement. It does not. cover the easement on the existing. Phase 8. The 0.19 acre easement covers only the 10' on the Phase 9 side. The plat reflects this.. 3) . Since the Planning & ZoningCemmissionmeeting, the electrical. department has supplied us with their layout, therefore we have also added 5'. utility easements to cover the street light circuits. In addition we have deleted the. general. note stating additional utility easements will.be required for street light circuits where necessary. The attached copy of the plat. has .the changes highlighted. This copy is yours to keep. I have ~~ven Natalie the appropriate copies for the agenda packets. Ihope..this letter answers all of your previous questions. Ifnot, please call me. Thank you. Sincerely, ~~..~ Deborah Leslie Keating, P.E. Urban Design Group c:\winword\devon\veronica 03 Post Office Box 10153 · College Station, Texas' 77842 . 409 .69 6 .9653 LEGAL DEPARTMENT FILE NOTE June 22, .1993 RE: Allen Swoboda On June 18, t993 , Allen Swoboda, Debbie Keating, J.im Callaway, Cathy Locke, and myself met to discuss.Allen's.iIIegal subdivisions in .Emerald Forest. Allen volunteered that he sold three (3) parcels by metes and bounds to: 1) Britt Rice, owner of Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, Emerald Forest, Phase Two; 2) Scott Kelner (spelling?). owner of Lot 3, Block 4, Emerald Forest, Phase Six; and; some individual. whose name Allen could .not. recall that owns Lot 5, Block 4, Emerald Forest, Phase Six. 3) It was agreed that: 1) within 120 days from ..Wednesday,. .June 23,..1993, Allen would prepare and file for approval a boundary plat of all three (3) ..... metes and . bounds.. parcels utilizing prior established. boundaries; the new plat need not be basedupon a new. on-ground survey; the. new plat must note on its face: 2) 3) a) b) c) d) adjacent lot and block numbers; that the newly plateddlots are not .buUdable; the newly platted lots have access only byway of and throughtheiradjacentlots;<and ' an Emerald Forest name. Itvvasfurtheragreed thatin the event saidboundaryplat has not been approved prior to the. final approval...of.Emerald.Forest, Phase Nine.platting..which is.in the early stages of the approval process, Phase Nine's final approval will be contingent upon final approval of the above-described boundary plat (and such will be noted on the face of the Phase . Nine plat) . KEB:rrw co: . Jim. Callaway ~ronlca.Morgan ~- lRECEIVED JUN 2 5 1993 rrw/b/swoboda Allenand'patty.Swebeda 1607 Emerald Parkway College station, Texas 77845 RE: Illegal subdivisions in Emerald Forest CFFYOFCOl..l.~EGESTATION Post Office Box 9960 1101 Texas Avenue CoUegeStation.Texas 77842-0960 (409)764-3500 ~......a. .-iJ1ftJt. . .;J'~. " . q,4 1-'11 BrY'.... rOf/..~....... .t.uJ. ..~ ,Ii .~L ft, . / tV.! I Vr fJY '~~' ~ ur~>~~ '.,..,~.."............~.-. lY&- . /' Dear Allen and. Patty: As per my iprev~Clus>conversatiens w,itbYOl1. en this subject, . it is clear.....that....a.....subdivision ..has......beencr.eated'in..Emerald.. Forest. Accor<iingte~hapter.9,sectien3 of>the Codeef.()rdinances ef the CityefColleg.e statien,a > Subdivisien . is defined as: "thediV'isien .ofa let, tract, 0.17..> pa.rcel of ..>land into. two. ( 2}()rmereparts ,. . lets., er.. sites., for/ the purpese, whe~herimmediateor.future, of.sale,divisienef ownershipLorbuilding development. This also includes the resubdivisien.of >landor. lets which area part efa previouslyrecordeds ubdivision. Divisions ..... of. landfor agri<:ulturalpuppeses ,w'herene .'. buildingconstructien is lnve Ived , .inparce Ise f.. . f i v~ (5 ). acre s .... .0.17 . . mere, shall not be included within this definition, unless suchsubdivisienoffive (5) acr~s orIIiore includes the planning .ordevelopment. of. an.ewstreetoraccess easement. An addition is a subdivision as defined herein." In accerdancewiththeseregulatiens yeuwil1 need to .. plat these pieces.thathavebeen.seld by metes and beundsdescriptiens. These pieces Ileedte be incerporated into. the adjacent lets to. which.' they <were ..'sold.. As perpatti'l:;request, I.have leokedinte.whatmight.be expected when the land is platted as single. lets. After speaking with representati ves .fromF'EMA, the NationaLF leedInsurance P regram, and several banks in the areal found that the decision to force the hemeewnert()purchase floodiIlsurancelieswith the. lender. The decision> typically depends on the placement of thestruct~ure and the lender's policy. I would also. like to. make yeu. aware ef my cenversations with Debbie Keating,.... ef.. Urpan. Design Greup,regarding further platting in the area. Yeu are requesting reviewandapprevalof a subdivisienplatcev~ringa five {S)acretract near the intersectien efEmerald Parkway and Bent Oak. The City is willing to allow you to proceed with the platting of this r- CITYOFCOLLEGE..STATION PostOfficeBox9960. . .............. .. ... .. ... 110lTexasAvenue College Station, Texas 71842-0960 (409)764-3500 prqperty,but will not. allpw you<-t.P proceed with any further plat.ting until you.bringthe aforementioned illegal subdivisions i.ntocompliance withourSubdivisionR~gulations. further questions please feel free to call me. cc: Shirley.Volk, DevelopmentCoordinatorW Jim Callaway, Asst.Dir~Economic and Development Services Da.vidPullen., City.. Engineer QathyLocke, . City Attorney Janfa.........Kee,....senior ...Planner Deborah. Keating,.. . Urban Des ign.GrollP HorneofTexasA&MUniversity ~'~ PROJECT REVIEW COMMItTEE REPORT June 28, 1993 TO: Deborah Keating, . Urban Design Group 909 Southwest Parkway Ste E,CollegeStation,TX 77840 A11enSwoboda 1607 Emerald Parkway, College Station, TX 77845 FROM: Project Review Committee: \. ~ Sabine Kuenzel, Staff Planner .ft David Pullen, City Engineer Mike Lane, P&Z Representative Others. ..Attending: Natalie Thomas, Planning Technician Samantha Smith, Engineering Assistant Tony Michalsky, Electrical Operations Coordinator Shirley Volk,Development Coordinator . George Spain, Fire Inspector Pe teVanace k,Par ksSeniorPlanner Mark Smith, .Assistant Director of Public Services Laverne . Akin, GTE Representative Kean Register, Lone .StarGasRepresentative SUBJECT: FINALPLAT-ElneraldForest Phase 9; approximately 9.40 acres divided into 21 single family lots generally located east of State Highway 6, north of Emerald Parkway and adjacent to the proposed North Forest Parkway. (93-219) A Presubmission. Conference was held Wednesday, June 23, 1993 to discuss the above mentioned final plat. The Project Review Committee. made the following comments: ENGINEERING: Add a note stating that there will be no driveway access to North Forest Parkway and driveways will access.the lesser street. In the construction documents, address the... barricading of North Forest Parkway at Spring Creek and the removal of the barricade once North Forest Parkway is built. Staff is recommending that the filing of this final plat not occur until the portions of tracts. that. were. .801d 'by. metes and bounds to be included in Phases 2 .and 6 are addressed. in a plat and filed for record. PRCReport Emerald Forest 9 Case #93..219 Page 2 FIRE: F'ire.hydrants must be il1stalled . and ()perable and streets paved prior to storing combustibles on site. .. Co.ordinatedetailswithFire Inspector George Spain at (409) 764... 3705. Ensure that .. the fire hydrant . located at Spring Creek and Wildewood Circle will provide adequate coverage to the proposed development. ELECfRICAL: Label and dimensional1>easements. Submit.a letterrequestil1gundel"groul1d electrical service and agreeing to pay the associated. costs. Coordinate details with Electrical Operations Coordinator Tony Michalsky at (409) 764-3660. The developer is responsible for the installation of street lighting in accordance with current ordinance . requirements.. WNE STAR GAS: Coordinate the proposed gas service. tie in at Spring Creek with Lone Star Gas Representative KeanRegister at. (409) .776-0627. G.T.E.: Show the utility e ase111e 111 alongthe north~estside of the propettyalong lots 1 - 3 and lot 11,. Coordinatec()l1dllitplacelUent\Vithele<;trical and telephone in the same trench, with.G.T.E. Representative Laverne. Akin at 821-4723. SUBMIT 1 FILM POSITIVE . AND 10 COPIES OF THE REVISED FINAL F-LAT BY FRIDAY, JULY9v1993 TO BE <INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PACKETS FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 15,1993.