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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING - Appl. #PL2016-219 - REZONING from AG to R-1 and PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Whispering Woods, approximately 76 acres generally located at the northeast corner of SW Pryor Road and SW Hook Road; Whispering Woods Land, LLC, applicant.
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Issue/Request:
The applicant proposes to rezone approximately 76 acres located at the northeast corner of SW Pryor Rd and SW Hook Rd from AG (Agricultural) to R-1 (Single-Family Residential). The property is immediately north of Hawthorne Hill Elementary School and west of Lee’s Summit West High School. The proposed Whispering Woods subdivision will be a six-phase single-family residential development composed of 164 lots and 15 common area tracts.
The subject application also includes a preliminary development plan. Preliminary development plans typically do not accompany rezoning applications for R-1 zoning. However, the applicant is requesting one modification to the UDO which can only be granted as part of a preliminary development plan application. A modification is requested to the R-1 minimum rear setback requirement of 30-feet to allow a 20-foot rear setback for Lots 129-144. Staff supports the requested modification.
Phase 1 and 2 of this development proposes a total of sixty-eight (68) lots with one (1) point of ingress to and egress from the subdivision. However, no more than fifty (50) building permits shall be issued until such time as SW 26th Terrace is constructed between SW Pryor Rd. and SW River Run Dr. to an acceptable City Standard, and thereby providing a second point of access to SW Pryor Rd.
The traffic improvements required for this development include the construction of multiple turn-lanes along SW Pryor Road at the proposed intersections of SW River Run Drive and SW 26th Terrace. In addition, a temporary traffic signal at the intersection of SW Pryor Road and SW Scherer Road will be required in the later phases of this development A Development Agreemen...
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