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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR UNIVERSITY HOUSE NORMAN ADDITION, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, A REPLAT OF A REPLAT OF BLOCK 3, MILLER ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PAGE STREET WEST OF BNSF RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY) AND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATION SET OUT IN FLOODPLAIN PERMIT APPLICATION NO. 553.
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for University House Norman Addition, a Planned Unit Development, a Replat of a Replat of Block 3, Miller Addition and is located on the north side of Brooks Street and west of the BNSF Railroad Right-of-Way. The preliminary plat consists of 7.4 acres and one lot and block with 430 units. The owner proposes to develop a multi-story residential apartment development with a multi-story parking garage. There are two proposed access points to the proposed facility, one to Brooks Street and one to Page Street.
The Flood Plain Permit Committee, at its meeting of December 1, 2014, conditionally approved Flood Plain Permit No. 553 for this project location. The applicant proposes changes within the flood plan area of Bishop Creek. This project will remove multiple existing structures from the floodway and flood plain. In addition, the permit allows the excavation of material located in the eastern portion of the lot in order to provide fill on the center to western portion of the lot to elevate the proposed structures out of the floodplain. Compensatory storage in excess of the proposed fill is being provided on the east side of the creek including construction of a park area. The creek bed alignment is not being modified. Section 4.b.17.i of the City's Flood Plain Ordinance requires that flood plain permits resulting in a change of 10 % or more of the width of the flood plain must be approved by the City Council. On projects requiring platting, this information is to be presented at the time of the preliminary plat. A final plat will not be considered for thi...
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