Title
Resolution to Approve Nixon Farm South Site Plan and Development Agreement, with Modifications to Chapter 62 Landscaping and Screening, and Wetland Use Permit, 2999 Nixon Road (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 7 Yeas and 0 Nays)
Memorandum
Approval of this resolution will allow for the construction of the Nixon Farm South residential development.
Petition Summary:
* This project includes several related petitions, including annexation (approved), R4A With Conditions zoning (pending) and a site plan.
* The Site Plan petition includes a landscape modification request, a wetland use permit, authorization for activity in the natural features open space, a development agreement and a traffic mitigation agreement.
* The Site Plan proposes 264 attached dwelling units, each with a two-car garage underneath the unit, and a network of private drives for circulation within the site. The units are grouped into 51 buildings. The density of the proposed development is 7 dwelling units per acre. Sixty-five percent of the site, 24 of the 37 total net acres, is proposed as usable open space.
* Two Chapter 62 Landscape Modifications have been requested. A conflicting land use buffer modification is requested to allow the existing woodland area along the west side of the site to serve as the conflicting land use buffer. An interior landscaping modification is requested to allow the driveways within the development to be treated as a private street, with the associated street tree requirements, rather than a vehicular use area.
* A combined wetland use permit has been submitted for this development, Nixon Farm South, and its sister development, Nixon Farm North, to place 2,271 cubic yards of fill in 0.43 acres of wetland; excavate 536 cubic yards from 0.14 acres of wetland; enclose 170 linear feet of two separate unnamed stream tributaries of Traver Creek for road crossing utilizing a 13 feet wide by 4 feet high box culvert buried 1 foot; in...
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