Agenda Date: 12/11/17
Subject:
Title
A Resolution for a Floodplain Use by Special Exception Permit for Modification of the Jackass Gulch Floodplain at Santa Fe Park North, Located at the Southwest Corner of Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue
Body
Presented By:
Carolyn Roan, Water Resource Manager and Anastasia Urban, Development Services Manager
PROPOSED PROJECT:
The request is to modify the site at 7875 S Santa Fe Drive (called Santa Fe Park North), by placing fill material and constructing a channel for Jackass Gulch, located in the southwest corner of Santa Fe Drive and Mineral Avenue. The minor storm events in Jackass Gulch are contained in storm sewer, so the proposed channel is a flood overflow channel only. The proposed grass-lined channel will include drop structures and a box culvert and a "spreader pond feature" at the downstream end.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
Staff finds that the application meets the requirements of Littleton Municipal Code Title 10, Chapter 6 (floodplain regulations). The proposed channel as presented will contain 100-year flood flows and convey them safely to South Platte Park and confluence with the South Platte River. The project will not increase risk to public health, safety and general welfare, and will minimize public and private losses due to flooding.
Please reference the following attachments regarding this application:
1. Staff Report
2. Code and Criteria Reference Links and Floodplain Terminology Reference Document
3. Draft PC Resolution 28-2017
4. Outside Referral Agency Matrix
5. Application
6. Letter of Intent
7. Site Plan and Report
8. Santa Fe Park Planned Development (1985)
OPTIONS/ALTERNATIVES:
The planning commission may take the following actions on the application: approve; approve with conditions; continue to a date certain; and deny. A sample motion is provided for each option.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff finds that, in compliance with Section 10-6 of the Littleton City Code, the proposed Floodplain ...
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