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CASE #: ~ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF TIGER MEADOWS <br />CASE OF MONARCH HOMES <br /> By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Monarch Homes has applied for sketch plan approval to develop property located east of Tiger <br />Street and north of Armstrong Blvd. (County Road 83). <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Sketch plan <br />c) City Council work session meeting minutes dated April 1, 2003 <br />d) Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes April 3, 2003 <br />e) Re-subdivision plan <br />f') Letter from Mr. Anderson, property owner of Lot 1, Block 1 Autumn Meadows <br />g) City Staff review letter dated March 28, 2003 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No public hearing is required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However the City Council <br />recently adopted a policy requiring notification of a proposed subdivision be sent out to residents <br />within 350 feet of the subject property during sketch plan submittal. Staff attempted to notify <br />property owners within 350 feet of the subject property. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Monarch Homes has a purchase agreement to develop Mr. Johnston's 36-acre parceI. The subject <br />property is zoned R-1 Single Family and is located in the Rural Developing Area. The applicant <br />is proposing to plat 11 new single-family rural lots and 1 existing homestead. The proposed lots <br />meet or exceed the 2.5-acre minimum lot size requirement in the Rural Developing Area. Each <br />lot will be served by an on-site septic system and private well. It would appear that all twelve lots <br />meet the 200-feet of public street frontage requirement, however this will need to be verified <br />during preliminary plat submittal. <br /> <br />The property contains an existing homestead located on the proposed Lot 1, Block 3. The <br />homestead must comply with the setbacks established in the R-1 district. The existing homestead <br />also contains two accessory structures that appear to be located on the proposed Lot 2, Block 3. <br />The developer has stated some interest in maintaining the accessory structures. City Code states <br />new construction of accessory structures is not permitted on a property without first establishing <br />a principal dwelling. It would seem that since the proposed development is a re-plat of an <br />existing homestead, the Development Agreement could address conditions for allowing the <br />accessory structures to be maintained on the property and provide a reasonable timeline for the <br />establishment of a principal dwelling. <br /> <br />The development is proposing to gain access from Tiger Street. The sketch plan is also providing <br />for a future access to the north that will someday connect to the dead end road located in the <br /> <br />-235- <br /> <br /> <br />