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-186- The project is subject to the review and permitting process of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization (WMO). The development will be required to obtain a permit from MnDot showing the post and pre development calculations in order to review any impact on State Highway #47 right-of-way. The City has engaged the services of SRF to do a traffic noise level study on several pending residential proposals along T.H. #47. A sound wall or a combination of berming and sound wall must be constructed as part of this development. A Landscape Plan has been submitted that is generally acceptable and meets the City's minimum standards. The R3-U Zoning District calls for a fifteen-foot landscaped buffer when a development is adjacent to K1 and R2 districts. The landscaping plans shows that there is landscaping proposed to be located in the buffer area. The applicant is proposing to install a fence instead of heavy plantings along the southern boundary line at the request of A1 Kempf who lives immediately south of the subject property. Based on comments and concerns raised by neighbors along the southwestern portion of the subject property, the applicant has agreed to either construct a fence, provide for heavy landscaping, or a combination of landscaping and fencing along the southwestern boundary line. The Planning Commission reviewed the site plan at their regular May 2, 2002 meeting. Recommendation: The Planning Commission recommended approval of the site plan contingent upon compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated April 26, 2002 and the applicant working with the neighbors along the southwestern boundary line regarding appropriate screening consisting of either landscaping, fencing, or a combination of the two. Council Action: Motion to approve the ske plan for Alpine Meadows contingent upon compliance with City Staff review letter dated April 26, 2002, the applicant working with the neighbors and staff regarding appropriate screening measures along the southwestern boundary line, the applicant receiving final plat approval, and the applicant entering into a Development Permit with the City. .q3r~ Motion to deny the site plan for Alpine Meadows. CC: 05/14/02 Review Checklist: Community Development Director Associate Planner City Engineer(s)