Fairhope, Alabama
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'MONTROSE PRESERVE' PUD
The Planning Commission approved rezoning seventeen lots on 53.94 vacant acres (north of the creek) within city limits along the west side of Hwy 98 in the Montrose Village subdivision from R-1 residential to a Planned Unit Development containing seventy-seven residential lots of various sizes in a "cluster-style" design.
Access will be by the existing traffic signal at the entrance of the Rock Creek neighborhood only: it will have no other entrance as is usually required by the city's comprehensive plan to reduce traffic on major highways, a connection to Scenic Hwy 98 was included in two earlier design-versions (one a connection to existing streets, the alternate an entirely new road to Scenic 98) but did not make the final cut due to objections by some Montrose-neighborhood citizens (including former council member Debbie Quinn).
Traffic congestion along Hwy 98 has become a major issue in recent months, the state is currently installing synchronized adaptive signals all along the road north to I-10 in an attempt to speed things up.
A conservation easement along the north side of the creek itself is to be maintained by a homeowner's association, according to the project's engineer Dewberry/Preble Risch.
Maintaining natural buffers and obtaining all necessary permits from Baldwin County, ALDOT and ADEM were conditions of approval as well.
Attorney Alan Chason represented the property owners Burgess Thomasson et al.
AWAITS CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL
Since this is a PUD zoning-change ordinance, it is not covered by the the current moratorium on subdivisions but it will need city council approval; the mayor has no vote but may veto ordinances.
Detailed drainage and site plans will have to be approved at some point as well.
(This project has also been called the Thomasson PUD)
This post has been updated.
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'MONTROSE PRESERVE' PUD
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| US 98 at Rock Creek Parkway. |
Access will be by the existing traffic signal at the entrance of the Rock Creek neighborhood only: it will have no other entrance as is usually required by the city's comprehensive plan to reduce traffic on major highways, a connection to Scenic Hwy 98 was included in two earlier design-versions (one a connection to existing streets, the alternate an entirely new road to Scenic 98) but did not make the final cut due to objections by some Montrose-neighborhood citizens (including former council member Debbie Quinn).
Traffic congestion along Hwy 98 has become a major issue in recent months, the state is currently installing synchronized adaptive signals all along the road north to I-10 in an attempt to speed things up.
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| Quinn |
A conservation easement along the north side of the creek itself is to be maintained by a homeowner's association, according to the project's engineer Dewberry/Preble Risch.
Maintaining natural buffers and obtaining all necessary permits from Baldwin County, ALDOT and ADEM were conditions of approval as well.
Attorney Alan Chason represented the property owners Burgess Thomasson et al.
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| Chason |
Since this is a PUD zoning-change ordinance, it is not covered by the the current moratorium on subdivisions but it will need city council approval; the mayor has no vote but may veto ordinances.
Detailed drainage and site plans will have to be approved at some point as well.
(This project has also been called the Thomasson PUD)
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| north is up |
Comments
They're all POLITICIANS just wanting to get elected with power!
I do agree the the City Council Members should all be fired (other than Conyers)……..what a surprise to learn that Robert Brown is Arthur Corte's biggest fan! I had such high hopes for him to stand up to the rest of the sleaze in our city government but now he has pretty much admitted that he ran for Council to help Mr. Corte. So sad……he will throw his family under the bus to curry favor with his benefactor. I wonder where he will retire to someday when Fairhope is trashed!
Most of all, stop blaming Mayor Wilson for these horrible decisions. I go to or watch most of the meetings; she is as disgusted with the Council as we all are!
This has been a theme for years now, not the past 4 or 5 but for years as in 12-16 years!
We'll, growth is as growth does!
I have been to most council workshops and meetings, the meetings that I can not make I watch on live stream. Brown, out of all the council members, ask the best questions but he listens to the answers. If he disagrees, he states so, he's his own man.
The others, especially the mayor, need to listen before they speak. And when they do speak, make the point then shut-up, Burrell and Wilson are not the most articulate on the council!
The mayor's gestures drive me crazy and she seems to talk herself into problems.
What I have really observed is the lady that was the new hire of the mayor seems to be running things around the city. Just an observation.
Just my opinion.
"she is as disgusted with the Council as we all are!"
The mayor may be and you may be disgusted but no, not all of us are disgusted.
It appears that Conyers enjoys knowing that his vote doesn't matter if he votes "no", thus he looks like a man of compromise.
Voting 'no' or asking for compromise is not compromise, being a good council member is OBTAINING compromise! So if we're firing folks, let us fire all of them, to include the mayor.
She can not find a compromise, and the council can not find a compromise. Fire them all!
Anyone can make the statement "let us compromise" but it is an easy statement to make!
Wilson hired her as personal secretary but now Kant's old secretary is doing that job again I heard.
Strange.
The parallels with Trump's situation are truly weird.
If anyone wants to see them in person, just walk the halls or maybe walk over to the bookstore. Or, I am quite sure you can obtain your on copy of the book at the local bookstore, for a price of course.
The best book to read about what goes on at city hall is The Dark Triad!
Happy Easter to all Christians, and for others, enjoy this beautiful day on the Gulf Coast.
In Alabama, the property owners have rights! That is way people buy property, if there is no covenant then a property owner has the right to do with their property as they see fit. This is not Russa.
It is going to take some time.
She is supposed to be more level headed.
It is no win proposition, damn if you damn if you don't. AND those that always point fingers, accuse folks of wrongdoings. The mayor is good at that, all those city council members are blocking me.
Personally, from what I have observed, the mayor is her own worse enemy, she talks way too much. She talks so much that now, everything she says is discounted. She needs to make a point then STFU.
Would not run for any position in Fairhope! Nor serve on any committee!