Savannah Place, Lot 63 & the Proposed Street Connection
A public-records resource bringing together recorded plats, deeds, City planning materials, traffic information and other documents concerning Savannah Place and the proposed connection to the Charleston Place street system.
Confirmed facts are separated from open questions
The records establish JJR Development's ownership of Lot 63 and show planning for a future street connection in this area. They do not, by themselves, establish that Lot 63 has already been legally converted, replatted or dedicated as a public street.
Explore the records and timeline
What the records currently show
These points are based on recorded instruments and official City planning materials reviewed to date.
Lot 63 was platted as a Charleston Place lot
The Charleston Place Section Three plat identifies Lot 63 as a numbered lot. Streets and rights-of-way are separately depicted on the recorded plat.
Lot 63 was conveyed with adjoining development acreage
The June 2025 General Warranty Deed conveyed approximately 21.77 acres and, separately, all of Charleston Place Section Three Lot 63 to JJR Development, LLC. The deed remains subject to recorded easements, restrictions, reservations and covenants.
City planning materials contemplate a street connection
The City-posted preliminary PUD plat identifies Meeting Street, Catalina Drive and a “POSSIBLE FUTURE STREET CONNECTION,” and separately references reserved tracts adjoining Charleston Place Section Three Lots 62 and 64.
Important distinction: ownership of Lot 63 and planning for a future street connection are documented. A later engineering plan, final plat, replat, easement, right-of-way dedication or similar record is still needed to conclusively establish the exact final road alignment through Lot 63.
Documented timeline
A chronological view of the subdivision records and later Savannah Place planning.
Charleston Place plats recorded
Section One, Section Two and Section Three establish the neighborhood lot and street layout. Section Three includes Lot 63 as a numbered lot.
Savannah Place preliminary application and PUD plat
The preliminary materials identify the 4400 block of Rainbow Drive, phased residential development and a possible future street connection.
Public hearing and traffic concerns
Public reporting described access from Rainbow Drive and an extension of Meeting Street. Traffic and safety concerns were raised publicly.
JJR Development acquires adjoining acreage and Lot 63
General Warranty Deed — Book 770, Page 568 — Instrument 202505172.
Additional recorded instruments appear
The recorder index identifies easement and agreement filings involving JJR, Cole County and the City of Jefferson, followed by the Savannah Place subdivision plat.
First phase and traffic analysis
Public reporting addressed the first phase and a Bartlett & West traffic analysis concerning the proposed street system and projected peak-hour traffic.
Public records library
Recorded Charleston Place documents and official City planning materials collected in one place.
| Date | Instrument | Book / Page | Index Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/25/2025 | 202505172 | 770 / 568 | Warranty Deed — Charleston Place Development Company L.P. / JJR Development LLC | Reviewed |
| 08/08/2025 | 202506606 | 771 / 929 | Easement — JJR Development LLC / County of Cole | Search Cole County Records |
| 08/25/2025 | 202507085 | 772 / 365 | Agreement — JJR Development LLC / City of Jefferson | Search Cole County Records |
| 11/17/2025 | 202509923 | 774 / 920 | Easement — JJR Development LLC / City of Jefferson | Search Cole County Records |
| 11/17/2025 | 202509924 | Plat 13 / 134 | Savannah Place Subdivision Plat | Search Cole County Records |
Traffic study and why the proposed connection matters
The traffic issue is broader than the number of new homes. The key questions are how Savannah Place traffic will enter and leave the development, whether Meeting Street / Lot 63 becomes part of that route, and what safeguards are required before an existing Charleston Place residential lot is used for a roadway connection.
Bartlett & West traffic analysis — reported findings
The Planning & Zoning Commission required a traffic impact analysis. Public reporting on the Bartlett & West study identifies several numbers homeowners should know and independently verify from the complete report.
Public reporting also states that the study evaluated two proposed street connections and suggested stop signs at the Catalina Drive and Rainbow Drive intersections. The complete Bartlett & West traffic report itself is not yet posted in this page's document library, so these figures are identified as reported findings rather than a substitute for the full study.
Why Charleston Place homeowners may care
If Lot 63 is ultimately proposed as part of a street connection, homeowners are not simply asking whether more traffic is inconvenient. They can ask what legal and engineering steps authorize converting or using a numbered Charleston Place lot for roadway purposes, what the traffic study assumed about the Meeting Street connection, and whether the existing Charleston Place Declaration remains applicable to the lot.
Charleston Place Section Three identifies Lot 63 as a numbered lot, and the Declaration states that an owner shall occupy and use a lot as a private residential dwelling. The June 2025 deed also says the conveyed property is subject to recorded easements, restrictions, reservations and covenants. That is a meaningful issue to raise. It is not, however, a guaranteed veto by itself: Missouri cases such as Bumm v. Olde Ivy Development and Vinyard v. St. Louis County show that residential-use language has not always been interpreted to prohibit a roadway. The stronger question is what the existing Charleston Place language, ACC requirements, title documents, plats and City approvals collectively require in this specific situation.
Ask the City / Planning Department
- Provide the complete Bartlett & West Traffic Impact Analysis, including exhibits, traffic counts, assumptions and appendices.
- Did the study assume that Savannah Place traffic would use Meeting Street and Lot 63? If yes, how much traffic was assigned to that route?
- Provide the latest final plat, civil plans, roadway plans and any sheet showing the exact connection to Charleston Place.
- Has Lot 63 been approved for replat, right-of-way dedication, street easement or public-street use? Identify the approval and recording instrument.
- What traffic-calming, stop-control, sidewalk, sight-distance, pedestrian and school-bus safety measures are required?
- What conditions imposed by Planning & Zoning or City Council remain in effect for later phases?
Ask the HOA / Board
- Has the Association taken a formal position on use of Lot 63 as a street connection?
- Has Association counsel reviewed Article IX, Article VII §2, the enforcement clause and the June 2025 deed?
- Did JJR, the Developer or the City ever request ACC approval for any roadway, grading, retaining wall, drainage or other improvement on Lot 63?
- Does the Board believe Article VII §2's requirement for approval of a “structure or improvement of any kind” applies here? If not, what is the basis?
- Will the Association use its Declaration enforcement authority if counsel concludes an existing covenant is being violated or threatened?
- What communications has the Association had with the Developer, JJR or City regarding Meeting Street, Lot 63 or Savannah Place access?
Ask about the road itself
- What is the proposed width, classification, design speed and right-of-way width of the connection?
- Will it be a public street, private street, emergency-only connection, temporary access or permanent through street?
- Who will own and maintain the roadway after construction?
- Where exactly does the road cross the current Lot 63 boundaries?
- What grading, drainage, utilities, curb, sidewalk, lighting and retaining structures are proposed on the lot?
- What construction-truck route will be used while Savannah Place is built out?
Ask for the title / recorded authority
- Identify every deed, easement, agreement, plat or dedication relied upon to authorize the street connection.
- Provide Instrument 202506606, Instrument 202507085, Instrument 202509923 and Savannah Place Plat Instrument 202509924.
- Has any covenant release, waiver, amendment or consent affecting Lot 63 been recorded?
- Has the City formally accepted any right-of-way involving Lot 63?
- If Lot 63 remains subject to the Charleston Place Declaration, what is the legal basis for treating roadway use as consistent with those restrictions?
A simple records request homeowners can send
Homeowners do not have to know the final legal answer before asking for the documents that answer it.
Please provide the complete Bartlett & West Traffic Impact Analysis for Savannah Place, including all exhibits, traffic counts,
assumptions, appendices and revisions; the most current final plat and civil/roadway plans showing the proposed connection to
Charleston Place; and every City approval, staff report, engineering comment, easement, dedication, agreement or other record
identifying whether Charleston Place Section Three Lot 63 will be used, crossed, replatted, dedicated or accepted for street or
right-of-way purposes.
Useful information can include dated photographs or video of existing queues, documented speed observations, school-bus stops, pedestrian and bicycle activity, near-miss locations, crash reports, intersection backups, delivery/construction traffic and written observations from residents. Specific, documented safety concerns are generally more useful in a public approval record than a generalized statement that homeowners oppose additional traffic.
What remains to be established
Does the final road alignment cross Lot 63?
The acquisition history and preliminary plans raise the question, but later-phase engineering or right-of-way records should confirm the exact alignment.
Has Lot 63 been replatted or dedicated?
The June 2025 deed transferred ownership; it did not itself establish that Lot 63 had become a public street. A later instrument may answer that question.
What do the later 2025 instruments provide?
The recorder index identifies the easements and agreement, but their purpose and legal effect should not be stated until the underlying documents are reviewed.
Independent Public-Records Resource
This page is an independent educational compilation of public records and publicly available planning information. It is not affiliated with the Charleston Place HOA Board, Architectural Control Committee, Developer, JJR Development, LLC, or the City of Jefferson.
How this page will be updated
New records should be added by instrument number, book/page and date. Information from a recorder index should remain identified as index information until the actual instrument has been reviewed.