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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TURNBERRY FILING NO. 5 SUBDIVISION
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Summary and Background Information:
Catellus CC Note, LLC, the master Developer for Turnberry, has submitted this application in order to plat Turnberry Filing #5. This Filing includes 222 new lots for single-family detached uses, 20 tracts for landscaping, open space, utilities, and/or drainage, and the dedication of right-of-way. There is a drainage feature that bisects this property from east to west. This property is generally located 1000 feet south of E. 104th Avenue, north of E. 96th Avenue, east of Highway 2, and bisecting existing Peoria Street. The property is current zoned as part of the Turnberry PUD. The general purpose of the proposed plat is to create additional lots for residential development. The proposed subdivision, vacation and realignment of Peoria Street have been contemplated since the earliest approvals of the Turnberry PUD Zone Document. The newly constructed and realigned Peoria Street with serve as a major collector, eventually transporting citizens throughout the area south of E. 104th Avenue.
The request being considered at this hearing is for a subdivision plat. Traditionally, subdivisions are reviewed and approved administratively in accordance with the City’s Land Development Code (LDC). However in conjunction with this development, there is a vacation of active right of way, Peoria Street. Vacations of active right-of-way can only be approved by City Council and must accompany a subdivision plat that identifies how the vacated property will be utilized. Hence, this is the reason why both cases are before the City Council this evening. As it relates to subdivisions, the LDC sets out the specific criteria upon which a plat application can be approved or denied. Therefore, the analysis and evaluation must be limited to those criteria; no other considerations may be considered in the decision making process. Of note, the future development within this sub...
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