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CAS~ #: <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR. SKETCFr pLAN REVIEW OF <br /> Trm vmi g L aC .; <br />CASE OF LTR LAND DE~ELOP~, LLC <br />By: .Principal. Planner Patrick Trudgeon, AIc? <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />LTR Laud De~elopment~. LLC has apphed for sketch .plan review to plat the Thomas Kurak <br />property south of Sunwood Drive hot'ween potassium St.-and 145m Lane The submitted sketch- <br />plan shows a total of 129 homing.mm on 29'.08' acres. The following items are enclosed:' <br /> <br />b) <br />c)' <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Sketch plan "~' ' <br />Architectural elevations and floor plans of the proposed units. <br />City StaffKeview Letter dated December 27,2002 <br /> <br />No surrounding properties, were notified of the sketch plan submittal. <br />required for the preliminary plat public hearing. <br /> <br />Notification will be <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is 29.08 acres in size and currently is vacant and used for agricultural pUrPoses. <br />The applicant' is~.proposing to develop 91 single family lots and 38 .association maintahaed <br />cottages for a total of 129 housing units. The property' is currently, zoned P,.-1-Residential' and is <br />-located in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The City of 'Rarnsey Comprehensive Plan <br />designates this area for low density single family residential development 'not to exceed a net <br />density of 3 units per acre or up to 4 un/ts per net acre if townhomes are proposed as part of a <br />Planned Unit Development [PUD.). The gross density of the plat appears to be 4.43 units per <br />acre. There are wetland~ present on the property, that will need to be. factored Out and a net <br />densit5r will be determined at the time °fpreliminary. plat review. <br /> <br />Since the net density of the development property exceeds the limit for the loTM density <br />residential designation, .the applicant will need a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the <br />land uae designation to Medium Density Residential (up to 7 units per net acre). The applicant <br />Ms indicated' that they would first like to have the .City revieTM the sketch, plan' to g/ye general' <br />feedback on developing the land before they move forward with the rest of the'.development~ <br /> <br />The subdivision will be processed as a. Planned Unit Development (PuD). The applicant. is <br />requesting the use of a PUD due to the umque nature of ttiefr development They are proposing <br />smaller lots than typically required for the smgte family lots. They are. proposing lots as small as <br />5,500 square feet .and lot widths'as narrow as 50 feet. The current, minimum for urban single' <br />family lots are 10, 800 square feet and lot widths of 80-feet The applicant is also proposing to <br />have narrower right-of-ways (50 feet versus 60 feet) and the eXtensive use of pri'~ate roads to <br />serve the 38 association maintained cottages. <br /> <br />The sketch plan identifies proper eXtension of public streets throughout the plat, providing <br />connection with streets previously constructed as part of the Chestnut Hills and Chestnut Ridge' <br /> <br />1·1 <br /> <br /> <br />