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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Waiver of subdivision regulations for Timber Road Estates RESOLUTION NO. 10-206 RESOLUTION APPROVING WAIVER OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR TIMBER ROAD ESTATES FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, on April 13, 2010, the Council referred to staff a letter from a property owner seeking a waiver of the subdivisions standards and requested a written background report; and, WHEREAS,the owner is proposing a subdivision of land(Timber Road Estates)within two miles of the corporate limits of Ames,which is subject to the provisions of the Ames subdivision regulations; and, WHEREAS,Timber Road Estates is a proposed residential development comprising five lots on Timber Road south of Ames, and it is located in the area of the Ames Urban Fringe Plan that is identified as Rural Residential; and, WHEREAS, the Subdivision Ordinance contains the site design standards for the creation of new subdivisions, and describes the minimum standards for streets and rights-of-way, public utilities, residential landscaping, street lighting, and all other public improvements necessary for an urban development; and, WHEREAS, City Code allows the City Council to waive or modify the requirements of the subdivision regulations,and in so granting,it may impose such additional conditions as are necessary to secure substantially the modifications of the requirements so modified or waived; and, WHEREAS,if the City Council waives the infrastructure requirements,the owner still needs to prepare a preliminary plat for consideration, since the proposed division is for more than three lots; and, WHEREAS,in such cases,the City has deferred to the design and infrastructure standards of the County; and, WHEREAS,along with the submittal of the preliminary plat,the applicant would also submit the three standard covenants that bind the owners and successors to: 1)agree to annexation at the time the City requests; 2)waive objections to assessments that may be imposed in the future if public improvements are brought to the site as an assessment project; and, 3)pay any fees associated with buy-out of rural water. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the waiver of the City's design and infrastructure standards for subdivisions for the proposed five-lot,twenty-acre residential subdivision on Timber Road is hereby approved,subject to within six months of this date,signed covenants and an application for the preliminary plat are submitted to the City. ADOPTED THIS I Ph day of May,2010. Lxadl Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Davis Seconded by: Orazem Voting aye: Davis, Goodman,Larson,Orazem,Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: Mahayni Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 11th day of May, 2010.