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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Reeve, and Brauer. Vq:¢ng.~o: Commissioner Kociscak. Absent: Commissioners Johnson and Watson. r Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to recommend that City Council approve the request to rezone property, based on the Findings of Fact'.:' Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Brauer, and:Reeve. Voting No: Commissioner Kociscak. Absent: Commissioner Johnson and Watson. Case #8: Request for Preliminary Plat of Rivenwick 3r~ Addition; Case Turtle Moon, Inc. _ ' Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the PIarming Commission:meeting at 8:25 p.m. in order to reopen the public hearing. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt reopened the public hearing at 8:25 p.m. Presentation -~ Associate Planner Wald stated the City:has received· an apPlicatiofi from Turtle Moon Inc. for preliminary plat review of a townhome development. The property is generally located south of Riverdale Drive and north of the existing Ri¥'enwick urban residential development. The project area is approximatel.y 19.46 acres in size. The maximum net density established in the R-2 District is 7 units per acre.·· The preliminary'plat is proposing to development 112 townhouse units. The. development contains an MSA road: and. therefore net area for the project is 16 acres. Net density for the proposed development is 7 units per acre; this complies with City Code. As outlined in -the preliminary plat, Outlot D and.E of Rivenwick has been' platted to represent the potential ali~ent of Rive~dale -Dri'Ve: ~:The developer is proposing to shift the proposed Riverdale Drive :aligmnent to the north in order to provide a public street ttxrough the development. Property located south of Outlot E and D is zoned R-2, property located to the · 'north[s zoned B-1 Business. The proposed reali~munent of Riverdale Drive to the north results in a small port/on of the proj'ect area being zoned B~I Business. The portion of the property zoned B-1 will need' to be rezoned to R-2 in order to facilitate the proposed townhouse development. The townhous~, units will! front onto private streets. The Planning Commission held a public hearing and reviewed the preliminary plat on September 5, 2002. The Planning Commission tabled the item and directed staff to complete the following: 1) Hire a consulting firm to conduct a traffic generation analysis for the proposed development 2) Discuss with the developer the cost of upgrading the existing sig-nals on U.S. Highway #10 and how the cost ~s to be distributed 3) Provide clariiqcation on how the existing berm will be maintained. The developer is proposing to satisfy density-transitioning requirements by the Landscape Buffering option. The Density Transitioning Ordinance states that when an R-2 Medium -224- Planning Commission/October 10, 2002 Page 7 of 19 I ! I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I