Developer denied waiver of improvements

After letters exchanged between lawyers, Electric City resident Wayne Snyder will have to submit a new short plat application concerning the details of his 17-acre, four-lot subdivision on Snyder Hill Road.

The city denied Snyder a waiver that would allow him to not improve streets adjacent to lots that were or are being subdivided, including curbs, sidewalks and gutters necessary to bring the area up to code.

Snyder has the option of applying for a deferment for the work to be done, which would mean he wouldn’t have to do it until, if the day came, he chose to subdivide his other land behind the current subdivision, referred to as “the back 40.”

The deferment would be up to the planning commission to approve.

Snyder also wants the city to plow snow and perform weed control work beyond where the city currently does. The city says it is only responsible for the roads up to a cul-de-sac, but not Snyder’s private driveway, to which the city has no easement.