Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/11/2002

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V~ · CASE #: REQU'EST FOR PtLELD/Ih%rA1RY PLAT REVIEW OF ALPh-YE MiEADOWS; CASE OF EIGF~TY SEVEN LLC By: Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner Background: Eighty Seven LLC has appkied for a prelLminary plat review of a 42-trait towrfftome development. The property is generally located in the southwest quadrant ofT. IL ~-4-7 and 153'~ Avenue N.W. and the fee tide owner is Blame Edmundson. During the February 7, 2002 meeting, the planning Commission discussed at length the desirability of having the applicant show a road connection to the south.. In the end, the Planning Commission instructed the applicant to bring back a revised plan that removes the connection to the south and instead show two accesses onto Alpine Drl In meeting With staff, the applicants e,'cpressed a desire to bring the original plat to the City Council to receive their direction. Before they took the time and ex'"pense of preparing a new plat, the applicant wanted to determine if the City Council would require a connection to the south. On February 26, 2002, the City Council reviewed the issues and determined that the applicant needs to provide an access to the south and that a second access onto Alpine Drive would be impracticable. Therefore, the applicant is back before the Planning Commission for reconsideration of the preliminary plat the shows only one access onto Alpine Dr. and an eventual public road connection to properties to the south. The fo/lowing items are enclosed for your review: a) Site location map b) Preliminary Plat submittal c) Planning Commission Minutes dated December 4, 2001' d). Planning Commission Minutes dated February 7, 2002 e) Draft City Council M. inures dated February 26, 2002 f) MnDOT Review Letter dated February 22, 2002 g) City StaffReview Letter dated January 31, 2002, Revised Mm'ch 28, 2002 Notification: Owners of property w/th/n 350 feet of the subject property received heating notices for the February 7, 2002 public hearing. Observations: The subject property is zoned R-3 Urban Residential wl'fich allows up to '7 dwelling tm/ts per acre. The property is approximately 8.7 acres in size. When the right-of-way of Alpine Dr. and Hwy. 47 is factored out, the property has 7.1 net acres. The preliminary plat is proposing 42 townhouse unit w/th a net density of 5.9I units per acre.