STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: April 8, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments regarding the application for and approval of the fill permit and removal of the floodplain (FP) prefix from approximately 1.35 acres of the current 6.58 acres of land located at southeast corner of East Belt Line Road and South North Lake Road intersection (14901 North Lake Road), within the floodplain of Grapevine Creek, Fill Permit 19-03 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
The property owner at southeast corner of East Belt Line Road and South North Lake Road intersection (14901 North Lake Road) has applied for a fill permit to remove the 100-year floodplain from approximately 1.35 acres of the current 2.67 acres of floodplain on this property. This fill permit is for the construction of Canoe Drive, from South North Lake Road to the City Limits. Construction of Canoe Drive will allow for secondary ingress and egress to the South Haven subdivision of the West Cell Residential Development for emergency services. The City of Irving Fire Department requires developments of certain sizes to have additional points of access. The South Haven subdivision originally planned to have a secondary point of access through a neighboring Home Owners Association but was denied an access easement. As a result, the South Haven subdivision relocated the secondary point of access within City of Dallas jurisdiction.
The fill permit application meets all but one of the engineering requirements for filling in the floodplain as specified in Part II of the Dallas Development Code, Section 51A-5.105(h). A variance was requested for Section 51A-5.105(h) Subparagraph (A)(i). This criterion requires no loss of valley storage. Valley storage is the...
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