Pulte Group's Housing Project
I am back after being away for a short bit. Every time I do not post of a few days, my messages get filled by many of you all checking in on me. I appreciate all of that. Thank you for checking in.
Let's get back into it.
Today, we are going to talk about the PDC meeting on Thursday, specifically the Pulte Group project for a housing development on land owned by Stephen Tamposi. This is NOT a Tamposi project. He just owns the land currently but will be sold to Pulte if this is approved.
This project is proposing a total of 667 homes across 267.19 acres, so approximately 2.5 units per acre.
This is the current zoning of the land. It is Low Density Residential (LDR) which allows up to 2 units per acre by right (no approval needed) or up to 6 units per acre with a PUD (Planned Unit Development).
At 2.5 units per acre, it would seem like this project would fit with the surrounding area. However, that glosses over the fact that the housing portion is restricted to certain areas of the project.
There are a total of 102.17 acres of this project dedicated to housing. All 667 homes will be across those 102.17 acres, making the density of the housing section 6.53 units per acre... a bit above what would be allowed in LDR zoning.
44.16 acres will be used for roadways and right of ways. 53.4 acres will be open space, 3.56 for conservation, 15.23 for wet retention ponds.
Point here is that there will be a bit of density across the project.
According to the applicant's power point presentation, this appears it will be an upscale community. There will be resort style amenities, which appears to be a pool type center.
There will be 3 various lot widths. 40' width would feature homes similar to these. 153 total homes.
50' widths would be similar to these. 344 total homes.
And the 64' lot lines. 170 total homes.
One key thing to remember here. The BOCC cannot make their decision based on the renderings shown above. Nothing ties the developer to those specific style of homes. Yes, they could look like that... but they may not look like that if approved.
Here is the master plan on what this would look like.
There is also a tree mitigation plan. They claim 31 specimen trees will be preserved across the project and they plan on planting 3202 trees on the property... for a total of 12.10 trees per acre.
Perhaps, most important... the project proposes a 65% ISR (Impervious Surface Ratio). This is the percentage of property covered by hard surfaces that prevent water from absorbing into the ground. Think concrete, roads, etc. That is extremely high for residential property and usually found in commercial type areas (think large parking lots).
It will be interesting to see the PDC comments on that.
Staff has shown concerns regarding the density and how it fits with the surrounding areas.
And some other concerns.
So it appears that staff has raised some concerns as well, largely around the size of the project and the compatibility of it with the surrounding area.
Could be an interesting PDC meeting to watch.