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~it~ of Paris Stud~ of Lake Crook March, 2001 <br /> <br />3.2 OPTION 1 - LOW DENSITY NORTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />3.2.1 Description of Option 1. This option proposes a modest, large lot development with lots <br />averaging one to two acres along the north shore which we will describe in this report as the <br />North Shore addition. Such a development with a large, stone wall and landscaped entry off of <br />F.M. 1499 could be done in a rural style with split rail fences along the roadways and county road <br />section streets with very shallow "borrow" ditches. The paving surface would be asphalt under <br />this proposal, winding through the lush tree cover all along the shores of the lake. A minimum <br />of 222 lots could be platted in our estimation even allowing for several acres of green belt and <br />natural areas to remain unimproved or slightly improved with picnic tables. Even so, estimated <br />cost for a north shoreline subdivision with large lots is approximately $6.0 million <br /> <br />An additional unit described herein as the West Shore development would likewise be large lots <br />and conform to the description given for the North Shore development. This unit cannot feasibly <br />be developed independent of the north shore ifa central sanitary sewer system is required. West <br />Shore simply does not have enough lots to support an expensive off-site sewer system. The west <br />shore infrastructure development would cost approximately $1.98 million for construction under <br />a rural style set of improvements with on-site sewage disposal. <br /> <br />Under this Option 1 scenario, large areas of wetland and flood plain are avoided and left in natural <br />state to be set aside as bird sanctuary and wildlife habitat. Hiking/mountain biking trails can be <br />built inexpensively through these habitat areas to connect the subdivision with the present south <br />shore city park. <br /> <br />This option leaves the south shore for the development by the city into a community or regional <br />park. The south shoreline would largely be unaffected by any development on the north shore <br />or west shore due to lack of access roads connecting the park and these new subdivisions. <br /> <br />This option presupposes several things. One, the property lies wholly within the city limits of <br />Paris and therefore is subject to the city's ordinances governing subdivision development. City <br />subdivision regulations call for concrete streets with integral curb in subdivisions such as shown <br />in Option I. Cost estimates have been prepared and are shown later in this section comparing the <br />cost of compliance with this part of the ordinance. Further, city ordinances would require <br />centralized sewer systems as opposed to on-site septic or aerobic systems. The city planning and <br />zoning officials and the city council may be unwilling to waive these sewer system requirements <br />even for large lots. If variances are not granted, the cost of constructing the infi-astructure for the <br />north shore balloons to $8.9 million and, for the west shore, costs escalate to $3.3 million. In <br />discussion of Option 3, a denser single family residential development, a table has been created <br />to compare the "per lot cost" for each of these different scenarios. <br /> <br />The Option 1 plan shows a 59 acre commercial parcel where Paris Gun Club leases now. While <br />eventually this could be a valuable comer for local retail, restaurant/fast food, convenience store <br />and gasoline fdling station, traffic counts may not be high enough yet to entice a commercial <br />builder to this site. <br /> <br />Page 22 of 45 <br /> <br /> <br />