TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA March 13, 2013 New Hanover County s Technical Review Committee (TRC) will meet on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Finance Conference Room 500, New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center Drive, to discuss the following: 2:00 p.m. Item 1: Sunset Reach - ( Revised Performance Plan) Request by Thomas & Hutton for RL REGI-NC RFP, LLC to consider preliminary site plan approval of a 60 lot single family division located at the western terminus of Rockhill Road. Project Data Zoning District: R-15 Residential Water Service: Public (CFPUA) Sewer Service: Public (CFPUA) Road Designation: Private (40 & 45 rights-of-way) Lots: 60 (residential single family) Acreage: 27.23 LOS: Data not available on Rockhill Road Land Class: Wetland Resource Protection Sunset Reach Site Plan History Sunset Reach was preliminarily re-approved by TRC in October, 2009 for 53 residential single family lots. Since 2009, no final plats were submitted for review or approval to the County. A recent field inspection of the project indicates that most of the infrastructure improvements are in place. Planning Staff Site Plan Observations Public water and sewer time lines and capacity need to be clarified in accordance with Section 52-3 of the County s Subdivision Ordinance Gates, obstructions, and parking along the private street network shall be avoided with a future connection required north to River Bluffs subdivision (aka Rose Hill Landing) in accordance with Section 41-1(7)(f) of the County s Subdivision Ordinance A revised NCDOT Permit will be required County storm debris pick-up will not be available on private roads Page 1 of 3
TRC Agenda: March 13, 2013 2:30 p.m. Item 2: River Bluffs aka Rose Hill Landing: Phase 1 (Revised Plan) Request by Norris & Tunstall Engineers for River Bluffs Development, Inc. to consider preliminary site plan and LID revisions to phase 1 located at the western terminus of Chair Road. Project Data Zoning District: PD (Planned Development) Water Service: Public (CFPUA) Sewer Service: Public (CFPUA) Road Designation: Private (rights-of-way vary between 50-60 ) Lots : 223 (160 single family, 63 multi-family) Acreage: 88.03 (phase 1) LOS: Data not available Chair Road Land Class: Wetland Resource Protection River Bluffs (aka Rose Hill Landing) Site Plan History River Bluffs was preliminarily approved by the TRC in July, 2010. TRC in two separate motions approved the site plan for 193 lots (162 single family, 31 multi-family) and Low Impact Development criteria (LID). Conditions were required on both components of the plan (see attached Rose Hill Landing letter to Tunstall). Site Plan Revisions (Phase 1) Increase in lots from 193 to 223 Change in acreage from 80.55 to 88.03 Clubhouse has been added (southwest corner project) Road design has been tweaked to accommodate more significant trees Kayak boat launch created (northwest corner of project) Conceptual approval has been given by TRC (December, 12) for LID with exemption to pre-post storm water calculations. Revisions have been submitted According to the PE for the project, design revisions for phase 1 are in accordance with the approved PD Plan approved by the Board of New Hanover County Commissioners. Total lots and acres on preliminary plan must mirror PD Plan approval of March, 2011 Staff Observations Connection from River Bluffs to Sunset Reach presently shown as a utility feature. River Bluffs and Sunset Reach will need to interconnect as a collector road with no gates or obstructions in accordance with Section 41-1(7)(f) of the Subdivision Ordinance Page 2 of 3
TRC Agenda: March 13, 2013 For the record - update needed from CFPUA & PE/developer on present status of water and sewer to serve phase 1 in accordance with Section 52-3 of the Subdivision Ordinance No bond or financial guarantee will be posted with the County regarding construction/installation of public water & sewer as made known by the developer for River Bluffs (July, 2010) Concern & confusion will exist with proposed street names having same prefix but different suffix A revised TIA may be required along with a NCDOT Driveway Permit Road profiles need be labeled as private road rights-of-way, not easements The Private Road Certificate language needs to be added to the preliminary plan Page 3 of 3