• Impact fees start with home construction.
The 113 Acre, 184 lot Hemmert Ranch Subdivision in Thayne is moving forward after three years of preparation and review.
“It’s a huge undertaking for the Town of Thayne, it could quadruple the size of the town,” explained Mayor Devin Simpson in an interview with the SVI Weekday Wake-Up program Monday.
Most of the work was completed in the past year, making three years of study, preparation and review.
“We got it completed this summer,” said Mayor Simpson. “We had a lot of changes and a lot of recommendations. The developer bent over backwards to work with what we desired as a town.”
He added, “It’s a 113 acres, it’s 184 lots. It’s significant and we got it all completed and the preliminary plot has been approved.”
The mayor advised the initial steps for construction will coming in 2025.
Laying out the time line he said, “The next step for them is to get the final plot and start phase one. They will do phase one and phase two together which is about 40 lots.”
He added, “They will come back to Thayne in February or March to get the final plot recorded so they can begin construction in the summer of 2025.”
Infrastructure approval at the state level is still being approved.
“I met with them last week and they are completing their DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) plans for sewer and water to join into our system and connect the main lines,” Simpson said.
The Hemmert Ranch Subdivision is located on the northeast end of town. No annexation as needed.
Simpson noted the work of previous town leadership for helping to prepare for the large subdivision.
“It’s commendable of previous town councils and mayors to do everything they can to take care of the needs of the town and look to potential growth,” he said.
“They will pay impact fees when they start building houses so that will help offset future growth so we can have our system where it needs to be to allow future growth,” the mayor said of the developers. “But as of right now everything should be able to handle it, which speaks great to previous council and mayors.”
