Planning Commission to forward Arden Wood lot split that restores original Lot 13 and designates detention as open space

Kate Dawson requested a revised preliminary plan to subdivide existing Lot 12 at 525 Arden Wood Place into two lots, restoring the original Lot 13 and returning the subdivision to its original 30-lot configuration.

Staff said the subject property is approximately 1.57 acres and explained that the original Lot 13 had a drainage easement and detention area that under current zoning cannot sit on an individual lot. The revision designates about 16,332 square feet of that detention area as permanent open space, which staff said will increase the subdivision's common green space. Chair (speaker 1) said engineering requested that Lot 13 be classified as a transitional lot because of surrounding drainage patterns; "transitional has to do with slope," the chair added, and transitional lots require an engineered grading and drainage plan prepared by a professional engineer or registered landscape architect.

Staff recommended approval and indicated this item will be forwarded to the board of commissioners for final consideration under the OS 30 process; the transcript records discussion and clarification but no final commission vote in the meeting record.

What happens next: staff will prepare the referral packet and the board of commissioners will receive the commission's recommendation at a future meeting.