North Charleston City Council has approved a new project management contract for Oak Terrace Preserve with Cedrus, LLC, a Daniel Island-based real estate consulting firm that specializes in sustainable development and project management.  The firm is headed by Elias Deeb, who has been the on-site Project Manager for OTP for the past four years.  The contract follows Deeb’s departure last December from The Noisette Company, LLC, which once held the project management contract for Oak Terrace Preserve. City Council voted 10-1 in favor of the Cedrus Development contract on February 25.

Click below to read the entire press release:

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1. Townhome Only: Reducing the rear setback to 4′ from 10′.  We are able to pick-up the 6′ in the right-of-way (ROW) between the edge-of-pavement and the property line.  This one is really a net “no-change”, but gives an additional 6′ of depth for townhome, backyard and garage siting on the lot.
2. Townhome Only:  Property line relocation on the Phase I townhome lots only right across from the tree island on E. Liberty Park Circle.  We are moving the property line about 11.5′ towards the curb.  This area was originally planned for bioswale, but quite some time ago our engineer concluded these small sections were not needed for storm water treatment.  The resulting arrangement will be 2′ grass from curb to 4′ sidewalk to 2′ grass to new property line.  The new arrangement is exactly what you see for the single-family homes that do not have a bioswale in front of them.
   

Click on the documents below for further information and illustration.

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3093805 Subdivision Plat

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The billboard is located on I-26 East just east of the Aviation Ave. exits (#211) and directs drivers to check out ParkCircleFromThe130s.com

Carriage Hill will be starting on the first two townhome blocks in Phase I, blocks 500 and 501. The two blocks are planned for approximately 32 townhome lots. Individual buildings will contain two, three or four homes and the architectural style is in keeping with and similar to the current style found at OTP (we hope to have drawings to post soon). The townhomes are required to adhere to the same Neighborhood Design Guidelines as the single-family homes and must go through full Design Review Board approval. Just like the rest of the neighborhood they will have a community sidewalk in the front and parking in the rear.

The Oak Terrace Preserve townhomes will be a valuable and exciting addition to the neighborhood. Check back soon for another update.

Plant material arrived today.  Plumbing and final grading are complete, now the plants are being installed.  All plants are native and are being carefully placed in their appropriate micro-climate (where they’re happiest).

Some of the plants included are Spartina Bakeri, Soft Rush, Blue Flag Iris, Native Canna, Dwarf Palmetto and Hibiscus M. ‘River Blue II’.

Next the final grade will be tweaked, paspalum sod will be installed on the shoulder and top edge of the slope, river stone will be installed at the bottom of the flumes and the sidewalks will be poured.

Bioswale prep work started today:

• crosswalk layout
• plant relocation
• metal edge installation

The two pocket parks at lot numbers 46 and 51 will also be landscaped.

The work will start in the next week or so and be completed by early August.