Article in the Alexandria Recorder by Chris Mayhew:
Arcadia plans updated as development grows
Road access with
Tollgate Road can wait under agreement
Written by Chris Mayhew • Apr. 5, 2013
ALEXANDRIA — Council is preparing
to review and potentially approve a new development plan with the expected
annexation of 46 additional acres for the Arcadia 1,018-unit housing
development April 18.
The city’s Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended on April 2 for council to approve Planned Unit
Development (PUD) zoning for the 46 additional acres and acceptance of the new
development plan. PUD is the same zoning as the other 327-acres where Arcadia
is being built. Arcadia is a joint development of the Drees Co. and Fischer
Homes on land between U.S. 27 and Tollgate Road. A mixture of single-family
homes, patio homes, condominiums and town homes are planned in Arcadia and is
scheduled to take about 10 years to complete. Arcadia was first announced in
2005 with 916 housing units.
The Planning and Zoning
Commission also imposed stipulations the developers agreed to, most notably
when a secondary access road from the subdivision to Tollgate Road has to be
built. The main access to the subdivision will be from U.S. 27 at Pat Fanning
Way.
The three ordinances council will
vote upon April 18 cover zoning, annexation for the 46-acres and approval of an
updated development plan for the entire property.
The development plan recommended
by the commission will dictate the developers do not need to build an access
road to Tollgate Road until either 805 housing units are completed or 79
percent of the development is complete. The road also has to be built once
construction begins on the additional 46-acre parcel that is near Tollgate
Road.
Mike Schottelkotte, a
representative of the Drees Co., said the joint venture Tollgate Land
Development LLC, between Drees and Fischer Homes owns the 51-acres of land
where an access road to Tollgate Road can be built.
There have been conversations
with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet about where to join a new access road
with Tollgate Road, Schottelkotte said.
There is still the possibility to
purchase another piece of property that will allow the access road to intersect
directly across from Breckenridge Drive, which is the preference, he said.
Mayor Bill Rachford said the
preliminary plat for the 76-home Whistler’s Point subdivision Fischer Homes
plans off Persimmon Grove Pike, was approved at the April 2 Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting.
The Arcadia and Whistler’s Point
news shows the developers’ optimism in the economy, Rachford said. The two
developments “getting going” are also big news for the city, he said.
The 1,018 housing units in
Arcadia alone, will grow the city dramatically, Rachford said.
“That’s at least a quarter or a
third of the city as it exists now,” he said.
