Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/10/2002

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13.52 acres being Medium Density Residential and 65.67 acres as Low Density Residential. The number of units that the development shows (307) is less than the maximum number of units that would be allowed under the March 2001 Drat~ Comprehensive Land Use Map (340). The pr',?ert? has 28.02 acres of wetlands. The preliminary plat shows a goss density of 3.54 units per' acre. When the wetlands are factored out, the net density for the whole development is 5.23 units per acre. The single-family lots abut urban size residential lot to the north and west and two large single family lots to the south that are buffered by wetlands. The single-family lots all meet the standard minimum dimensional and area requirements. Eighteen lots are subject to regulations governing shorelands. These lots all meet the dimensional and lot width requirements for the Shoreland District. The development will gain primary access fi.om Nowthen Blvd. and secondary access from Iodine St. NV/. The preliminary plat does not show any proposed access to or from the subdivision using Fluorine St. NW, The development is proposing to use Outlot A and B of Wood Pond Hills 4m Addition in combination with land on the development property to create 7 new single family lots and complete 145m Court. Two existing lots on the south side of 145m Court are shown as receiving additional land in their rear yards. The'Plat shows three outlots. Outlot A is located across Nowthen Blvd. and currently has the Lord of Life Church sign on it. The applicant is planning on deeding Outlot A to the church. Outlots B and C are planned to be deeded to the two property owners on 145t" Court as shown. The drives serving the towmhomes and the apartment budding will be private and maintained by the Homeowners Association. City ordinances state that private streets shall not be allowed in Ramsey. However, past practice has been to allow them in certain developments. The sketch plan showed an access between the townhomes and apartment building. This has now been removed on the preliminary plat per the Planning Commission's direction. Ail public and private streets shall be named in conformance with the City's street grid pattern. The recently adopted sidewalk ordinance calls for sidewalk to be installed on ali roads except cul-de-sacs. Information supplied with the preliminary plat only partially complies with the sidewalk ordinance. Additional sidewalk needs to be constructed on Iodine St. and that part of 144m Lane northwest of Fluorine Court. The grading and drainage plan is generally acceptable. However, further information regarding the slopes of individual lot grades will be needed to ensure that they are not less than 1%. The Lower Rum River Water Management Agency (LRKWMO) will require a permit for. the stormwater drainage into the wetlands. This permit will also address the adequacy of the' erosion 'control measures during construction. -A traffic generation analysis was prepared at the developer's expense by SKF, Inc. Staff finds the access and traffic circulation acceptable. City staff recommended preliminary plat approval subject to compliance with City Staff' Review Letter dated June 1, 2001. Citizen Input Patrick Corkle, SRF Consultant, reviewed the location of the site. He explained that they reviewed the existing conditions at T.H. ~47 and CSAH #5, and CSAH #5 and Dysprosium Street. Both intersection are acceptable in service, delay and capacity standards as indicated by the Transportation board. The proposed development includes 73 single-family units, 152 townhome units, and 82 senior apartments. Based on those numbers SRF determined that the.' development will generate 31 vehicles into the development during the peak a.m. hours and 107 vehicles out of the development in the peak a.m. hours. During the peak p.m. period 115 vekicles 4~ Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 9 of 28 -31-