Starnes Media map based off information provided by city of Chelsea
Developer Richard Yerger is proposing 51 homes in a community called Pine Ridge on 33 acres off Shelby County 11 in Chelsea, Alabama.
A developer on Monday night resurrected plans for a proposed residential subdivision in Chelsea called Pine Ridge on 33 acres off Shelby County 11.
The developer, Richard Yerger had a plan for 53 homes that was to be considered by the Chelsea City Council in June, but he withdrew his request and has reduced the number of lots from 53 to 51.
On Monday night, a representative for Yerger took the revised plans to the Chelsea Planning Commission, saying he had talks with neighbors in the adjacent Brynleigh subdivision.
“We did go back and talk to some of the owners of the community behind us knowing they wanted to eliminate some lots,” said Matthew Deason, the developer’s representative. “We heard them very clearly and decided that we want to do what they requested. We eliminated the two lots that back up to that community, so now there will be no lots backing up to that community behind it.”
Site plan courtesy of city of Chelsea
Valor Communities wants to build 51 homes on 33 acres off Shelby County 11 in Chelsea, Alabama, in a community proposed to be called Pine Ridge.
The official request is to rezone the property from an agricultural-residential district, which requires lots to be at least 10 acres and 150 feet wide, to an R-2 residential district, which allows for lots down to 15,000 square feet and 75 feet wide.
“A lot of those lots actually have a width much larger than 75 feet because of the way they are in curves, and a lot of them have actually lots probably larger than 15,000 square feet just because they’re much deeper, which allows the larger backyards for the houses to sit on.”
The proposed subdivision is planned to be developed by Valor Communities, a homebuilder that has developed homes in numerous areas throughout the Southeast, including in Alabama.
Deason said the community is ideally envisioned to fit families and those who have been homeowners for a few years.
“You’re going to have houses that are going to be upwards of $500,000,” he said. “It’s not going to be somewhere that you’re going to most likely have a first-time homebuyer, but somebody who’s owned a house for five or six years, had several kids and want to move in so they can have more room to accommodate their families. That’s kind of what we envision this neighborhood as being is a move-up community for this neighborhood.”
Deason also mentioned the possibility of adding a turn lane on Shelby County 11, as well as a second entrance for emergency vehicles only, but said the second entrance is something that would be discussed with an engineer.
City Engineer Keith Hager also described details in regard to county requirements.
“What would probably be the reality is kind of a left turn lane and a right turn lane in, which is kind of the maximum,” Hager said. “I believe that the county is going to require that, … and we support that on 11, for sure.”
Chelsea Mayor Cody Sumners said the next step will be a public hearing with the Chelsea Planning Commission in September. When the Planning Commission considered this proposed community with 53 homes in April, there was no motion to approve it, so the request moved on to the City Council without a recommendation.
