On January 4, 2016, Performance Engineering, agents for Teton Properties, LLC, applied for preliminary subsequent minor plat approval for Emerald View Park Subdivision, Amended Lot 1A, Block 3.  The proposed plat does not create any additional lots from a 6.861-acre parcel of land as it is proposed for manufactured home development. The subject property is generally located on the west side of Johnson Lane, south of Old Hardin Road in Lockwood.  The property is zoned Residential Manufactured Home (RMH) and currently has residential manufactured home uses on a portion of the property. The Board of County Commissioners will act on the proposal on March 15, 2016.
 

Staff recommends the Planning Board recommend that the Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners conditionally approve the preliminary plat of Emerald View Park Subdivision, Amended Lot 1A, Block 3, 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 minimize the effects on local services, prior to final plat approval a Rural Special Improvement District (RSID) will be created, or expanded, to provide maintenance of the interior road of this subdivision.
2. To ensure compliance with Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) regulations prior to final plat approval, the applicant will obtain MDEQ approval for the proposed subdivision storm drainage system.
3. To ensure compliance with the park land cash-in-lieu requirements, prior to final plat approval, the applicant will provide a rough proportionality of value for the cash-in-lieu, a comparative market analysis (CMA) will be prepared by a third party real estate broker, or similarly qualified person, in Yellowstone County.
4. To minimize the effects on the natural environment, prior to final plat approval, a weed management plan and property inspection shall be approved by the County Weed Department.
5. To minimize effects on local services, prior to final plat approval utility easements will be shown on the lot on the final plat acceptable to private utility providers.
6. To minimize the effects on local services, prior to final plat approval the subdivider shall provide written verification that the US Postal Service has approved the mail facilities for this subdivision.
7. Minor changes may be made in the SIA and final documents, as requested by the Planning and/or Public Works Departments to clarify the documents and bring them into the standard acceptable format.
8. The final plat shall comply with all requirements of the County Subdivision Regulations, rules, regulations, policies, and resolutions of the Yellowstone County, and the laws and Administrative Rules of the State of Montana.

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A brief presentation was given to the Planning Board about the proposed Emerald View Park Subdivision, Amended Lot 1A, Block 3.  Several Planning Board members observed that sidewalks already existed in the subdivision it was nice to see a development built with those already in place. One concern voiced by the Board was the loss of parkland in the subdivision and if there is any future plan for Rockwood Road to connect to the west and give direct access to an existing nearby park. Staff responded that should the property to the west develop, according to Yellowstone County Subdivision Regulations it would be required to connect Rockwood Road and that would complete the connection to the park and neighborhoods to the west. 
 
The applicants agent, Scott Aspenlieder, spoke about the proposed subdivision and that the applicant is going to build this new street to match the existing ones in the development. He also stated that the development would be contributing cash-in-lieu for parkland that the County would be able to use for an area park. No other comments or questions were asked and the proposal was set for a public hearing on February 23, 2016.