On March 1, 2016, Sanderson Stewart, agent for High Sierra II, Inc., owner, applied for preliminary major plat approval for High Sierra Subdivision, 11^th Filing.  The proposed subdivision creates 70 lots for single-family residences and one large lot for future development on a 16.8-acre parcel of land. This proposal is part of a larger approved master plan of High Sierra Subdivision which includes a total of approximately 1,375 lots platted from 400 acres in multiple filings. The subject property is generally located north of Benjamin Boulevard and west of High Sierra Boulevard in the northwest Billings Heights. The property is zoned Residential-7,000-Restricted (R-70-R). The Billings City Council will act on the proposal on May 23, 2016.
 

Staff recommends that the Planning Board recommend conditional approval of the preliminary plat of High Sierra Subdivision, 11^th Filing to the City Council, and adopt the Findings of Fact as presented in the staff report. 
 
PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
Planning staff recommends the following conditions of approval: 

1. To provide for the installation of utilities, utility easements shall be shown on the final plat as requested by the affected public and private utility companies.
2. To provide for the installation of utilities and mitigate impacts on local services, recordable easement documents shall be provided with the final documents for the temporary storm water detention basins and swales.
3. Minor changes may be made in the SIA and final documents, as requested by the Planning, Legal or Public Works Departments to clarify the documents and bring them into the standard acceptable format.
4. The final plat shall comply with all requirements of the City of Billings Subdivision Regulations, rules, regulations, policies, and resolutions of the City of Billings, and the laws and Administrative Rules of the State of Montana.

No variances from the City Subdivision Regulations have been requested.
 

A brief presentation was given to the Planning Board about the proposed High Sierra  Subdivision, 11^th Filing.  There were no questions from the Planning Board to staff about the proposal.  The applicant, Gary Oakland, stood to speak about the proposed subdivision. He stated that this is part of an overall master plan that includes 400 acres of land and will include about 1,400 homes when it is completely built out.  He stated that this development is for work force housing, the homes are not large but are a modest size. They are planning on starting to build in this filing in the fall of 2016.   
 
There were no other comments from the applicant or agent and no further questions from the Planning Board.