AGENDA CAPTION:
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PVC-18-04 (Mostyn Point) Hold a public hearing and consider a request by Grover Mostyn on behalf of Nelly Altuve for a Plat Variance to Section 3.6.3.1(A) of the San Marcos Land Development Code which requires all lots have frontage on a public street. (W. Parrish)
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Meeting date: December 11, 2018
Department: Planning and Development Services
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Background Information:
The applicant is requesting a variance to the requirement that all lots have frontage on a public street outlined in Section 3.6.3.1(A) of the San Marcos Land Development Code. The two proposed lots do have frontage on Offermann Hill Road, which is a public street, however, the act of platting these two lots removes the public street frontage of residential lots behind this property. The residential lots behind this property do have access to a private street, Mostyn Lane, but private streets do not meet the requirements of the San Marcos Land Development Code.
There are 13 homes on Mostyn Lane, which is a development that began approximately 30 years ago when the property was outside of the San Marcos ETJ and the county did not require people to plat residential homes prior to issuing septic permits. The former owner sold the two proposed lots without realizing that the standards had changed. Now, with the property inside of the San Marcos ETJ, the county will not allow septic tanks to be installed on either of the two proposed lots prior to platting. The new owners began building homes on the lots without realizing they would not be issued septic permits.
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