County's largest subdivision on drawing board.Byline: DEVELOPMENT REPORT By Joe Harwood The Register-Guard Springfield - After more than a decade of delays, construction of homes for the MountainGate development - the largest single residential subdivision ever proposed in Lane County - is scheduled to begin late next summer. Located on Thurston's Potato Hill, the 330-acre MountainGate eventually would hold about 450 single-family homes and up to 300 apartment or condominium condominium In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. units. Preliminary grading work on the project's first two phases, totaling 71 lots, has been completed, and water and sewer line Noun 1. sewer line - a main in a sewage system sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage installation is to begin in June, said Mike Evans, the project's land use manager. He expects home construction to begin in the late summer. Evans said lot sales prices and total development costs have not yet been calculated. Lane County businessmen Norman and Melvin McDougal and Todd Alberts own the development. The McDougals bought the site in 2001 for $2.3 million from two Californians who had struggled for almost a decade to build the subdivision. The previous owners, however, won a city-approved master plan for the site before selling. The long-term development document envisioned 550 single-family homes and 300 apartments or townhouses. The new owners scaled the single-family-home total down to 400 to 450 homes, partly to retain much of the forested setting, Evans said. Evans earlier this month submitted plans for the third and fourth phases. The 109-lot third phase will wrap around the north and east side of the hill, while the 130-lot fourth phase will snake along the west side. Lot sizes for phases three and four are much larger than conventional subdivisions, due to the rolling hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. and steeper terrain: Plans show most lots are in the 10,000- to 12,000-square-foot range, with several an acre or larger. Many of the larger lots will include conservation easements EASEMENTS, estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit; it may arise by deed or prescription. Vide 1 Serg. & Rawle 298; 5 Barn. & Cr. 221; 3 Barn. & Cr. 339; 3 Bing. R. 118; 3 McCord, R. to retain trees, Evans said. The centerpiece of the subdivision will be the 60-acre Mountain Park at the parcel's peak. A quarry Quarry Cerynean stag captured by Hercules as third Labor. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149] Cretan bull savage bull caught by Hercules as seventh Labor. [Gk. planned for reclamation Reclamation A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. and another park along the northwestern edge of the parcel will add another 20 acres of open space. Evans said those areas eventually will be donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to Willamalane Park & Recreation District. Development Report runs Tuesdays. |
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