Special Exception (Consent) – American Homes 4 Rent / Bridge Haven Residential– Special Exception for an Amenity Center in an R-4 High Density Residential District – South Central Pasco County – on the West Side of Apfel Road, Approximately 800 Feet South of Chancey Road – Containing Approximately 0.70 Acre
What the county recorded
Staff recommendation
Approval with Conditions
No disposition in the minutes
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The source document
The county’s agenda for Planning Commission, Sep 30, 2021
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The county’s minutes for Planning Commission, Sep 30, 2021
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This case, across meetings
PDD-21-7554 in full →Heard once. PDD-21-7554 appears on no other agenda in the archive.
- Sep 30, 2021PlanningPC3▶No disposition in the minutesthis item
What was said
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Okay,
I
think we're PC three,
are we?
Yes, that's correct. Leam Divine Planning and Development PC three PDD 21-7554 in the name of American Homes for Rent Slash Bridgehaven Residential. It is a special exception for an amenity center in R4 High Density Residential District. The subject site is located on the west side of Ophel Road, approximately 800 feet south of Chansey Road. The subject site consists of the proposed Bridge Haven residential development, consisting of 134 single-family detached
homes. The applicant is requesting a special exception for an amenity center proposed on track C5 on approximately 0.7 acres or 0.7 of an acre portion of the development.
The subject area has a future land use classification of Res VI under the Comprehensive Plan. The surrounding area is characterized by residential development and agricultural pursuits. Um taking a look at the surrounding zoning to the north is AR and R4. To the east is AR and R4, to the south is R4, and to the west is AR. Um to the north, east, south and west is all res six for the future lane use surrounding.
And this is a look at an aerial. And this is coming with a recommendation with can a appro a recommendation for approval with conditions.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
So once again, is the applicant present virtually or otherwise?
The applicant is virtually present.
All right. And would the applicant like to comment first or Hold comment until we hear what the concern is. Uh
I will this is uh Joseph Catuso and I will hold comment until I hear hear what the concern is.
Okay, thank you. Okay, I think uh we had somebody in the far back somewhere. Oh, okay. She moved on me. Getting a jump on me.
Okay.
Hello.
So can we
hear you?
Before you start, we just need your name and address. Oh I'm sorry. That's right.
Annette Galbraith.
Right right into the microphone. Oh
Annette Galbraith. My address is [address removed]. Wesley Chapel, Florida, three three five four four four four four three.
Okay. Thank you. And were you sworn?
Yes. Okay. Mm-hmm. The my concern is when the building started being um initially started Um the we ended up with a lot of water in the back. Of our property. Since then the builder has done an awesome job at restricting that amount of water that's setting in the backyard. My concern is The area that I noticed yesterday that they were filling with more dirt.
was kind of a retention pond. In the back And I'm wondering if he's going to plans to put anything over there like a parking lot or a pool or that type of thing or if there's going to be area for drainage.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you very much. You can just lay that on the table there if you'd like. Wherever it's convenient.
All right, we'll have the uh applicant uh there's no anybody else? I don't think there was. Okay, so we'll have the applicant respond to those uh concerns, please.
Are you with us? Molly.
Yeah, I'm here.
Go ahead, Bruce.
Okay, um this is Bruce Wolney with WRA Engineering, the civil engineer for the applicant. Um the there is an existing parking area um just north of the amenity center that's uh currently being constructed. This uh parking area was permitted along with the subdivision plans um and And so and right behind the parking area, there is nothing
additional proposed. As a matter of fact, there is a drainage swale and a drainage inlet that is designed to accept any runoff that might be impounded in the area as as uh the the neighbor, I believe. Expressed a concern with. And so in the area's final constructed condition, and there should be positive drainage through that swale into our master stormwater
system that should carry the runoff to our stormwater ponds internal to the development, which ultimately discharges at the far south end of the subdivision itself, which is uh farther south than the south side of the amenity center site.
All right. So what amenities are you installing there?
It's uh an amenity center building and an amenity center pool.
Okay.
And that's to the southeast of the uh the a neighbor's property. Whereas the parking area is directly to the east.
All right. Are any questions from the dais?
Nothing. All right. Well that's good. I think that answered most of our questions. So um I'll hear a motion?
I'll make a motion to uh approve PC three.
Second.
We
have a ma motion to approve PC three. Um With staff's recommendations.
Any further discussion of the motion? All in favor? Signify some by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like sign. Push and carries.