Cadiz Trigg Planning Commission OKs Stonegate Subdivision Preliminary Plat

It took another 2 ½ hours of spirited discussion, discovery and debate, but the Cadiz Trigg County Planning Commission once again opened the floor Tuesday night for talk about the Stonegate subdivision near the entrance of Business Hwy. 68/80 — before accepting the preliminary plat from Justin Reynolds and his team, 8-1.

Ken Culwell was the lone nay vote, with Josh Adams recused from the conversation.

Chairman Todd Wallace, and the commission, noted and agreed that several stipulations had to be met before the final plat would be accepted. This included:

— A completed application and fee;
— A change to the final plat, to include Reynolds’ most-recent acquisition of a southwest property for another basin;
— Some final printed clarifications from Cadiz/Trigg Engineer Frank Williams;
— Completion of all permits and bonding involved in the health, water, highway and environmental resources;
— Full description of covenants and restrictions in the homeowners association and agreement documents, as agreed upon by commission attorney Steve Underwood and Reynolds’ attorney Todd Wetzel;
— And a certificate of ownership and deed book page with the final plat.

Reynolds was impassioned Tuesday, naturally and repeatedly defending what’s going to eventually be a three-phase, multi-million dollar project with his company’s name on it.

He told the commission, and concerned citizens, he wasn’t going to build something just to let a lagoon languish in disrepair.

As noted in several previous meetings, this lagoon system continued to be a major talking point in Tuesday’s talks — particularly its construction, general upkeep and overall operations. The potential for overflowing graywater, minuscule as it is, and the enforcement of an HOA still has those close by the future development uneasy.

Reynolds, Williams, project architect Roger Colburn and surveyor Matthew Clark once again ascertained, at different points, that both state officials and the Trigg County Health Deparment would not legally allow for something of this magnitude to disrupt and destroy quality of life.

Reynolds further noted that he and his company would be responsible for considerable details until the final plot was sold, in which the HOA would then take control. Failure to comply with the HOA would result in steep fines at first, and later, liens against property.

Wallace entered into the record a short letter to Reynolds from Chris Edwards, who is the environmental health program evaluator for the Department of Public Health. It states the lagoon, as it’s designed, meets specifications.

Reynolds and his team also dispelled a handful of rumors that have matriculated on social media over the last few months. The homes will vary in size and price, likely between 2-and-3 bedrooms and 1-or-2 stories, costing somewhere between $250,000 and $350,000. Colburn noted water utility costs would almost certainly decrease in the area, with more customers jumping into the Barkley Water District. Williams added that detention basins and 2-acre lagoon structure should do nothing but help with floodplain and runoff concerns.

Asked about response times from local authorities, particularly fire, Reynolds said his plans include three fire hydrants in the subdivision — all to be connected to the 8-inch water main along US 68/80.

Underwood, meanwhile, told locals that the commission won’t be crafting the HOA’s rules.

Williams said it’ll be months before a final plat comes before the commission, and will come after Reynolds’ project completes its initial infrastructure phase of plot lines, roads, underground utilities and other skeletal structures.

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