Title
Request for Approval of a Wetland Use Permit - Clear Creek Subdivision No. 5
Body
Resolved, that the Rochester Hills City Council hereby approves a Wetland Use Permit for Clear Creek Subdivision No. 5, City File No. 89-156.5, to impact approximately 59,116 square feet for the construction of streets, lots and pathways, based on plans dated received by the Planning and Development Department on February 25, 2008, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions.
Findings:
1. Of the approximately 15 acres of City-regulated wetlands on site, the applicant is proposing to impact approximately one acre.
2. No prudent alternatives exist for constructing the streets for the development, due to the City and County traffic requirements.
3. The Wetland/Watercourse impacts caused by the road crossings appear to be unavoidable.
4. The applicant is proposing to construct 1.3 acres of replacement wetlands in order to mitigate the lost of one acre of regulated wetland.
5. Most mitigation will occur in the same wetland as the impact and is designed to improve the same functions as the wetland to be impacted, as well as all wetlands on the site.
Conditions:
1. That the applicant receive all applicable DEQ permits and Oakland County Drain Permits Prior to issuance of a Land Improvement Permit.
2. That the applicant provide a detailed soil erosion plan with measures sufficient to ensure ample protection of wetlands areas, prior to Construction Plan Approval.