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Department of Community Development
Reference: Chapel Hill Development Agreement Amendment
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Aja Tibbs, Long Range & Historic Preservation Planner
Date Prepared: June 9, 2015
PURPOSE
In addition to the rezoning application for Chapel Hill, a development agreement amendment has been drafted to address the changes in the lot layout and further address the maintenance of the common areas of the subdivision.
BACKGROUND
The original development agreement for the Chapel Hill subdivision was originally drafted and approved for the purposes of developing the second filing subdivision of Chapel Hill in 2005. While a majority of the public improvements have already been installed, an amendment to the original agreement is needed to address the removal of the extra water service lines (originally intended for the duplex lots that have been removed with the amendment to the Plat), and to further address the private maintenance of the common landscape areas.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
A development agreement amendment has been drafted for the Council's review. In general, the draft agreement addresses the following issues:
1) Definitions are added to clarify the meaning of "common areas" and "HOA". Also, the definitions of "plat" and "property" are amended to include the legal descriptions that were revised by two previous administrative plat amendments;
2) An explanation of the lot reconfiguration as a result of the two administrative plat amendments;
3) A revised Schedule of Public Improvements/Exhibit B (a majority of the improvements have already been installed and the original costs are no longer applicable or accurate);
4) Provisions describing the phasing of installation of the remaining landscaping improvements on the site, and the HOA maintenance responsibilities for all common areas within the residential portion of the d...
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