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city code to permit, sixteen un/t buildings. Council member Anderson is also concerned that in the second phase, these are not townhomes, they are condominiums and Ramsey.:h~, not processed condominiums ~n the law. ' Principal Planner Trudgeon stated Birch Hill Lodges is condos, Rivenwick is~ preposed to be condos, and they would plat lots as the whole building and then continue forward fromthere. _Councilmember Anderson stated she was concerned with approving the first.section becauSe:she thought they would try to change the rules to build sixteen unit buildings. Chairperson Nixt stated this was a valid point but in the beginmpg'Mr. M~¢Gee was told they may not be able to put sixteen units on the property and this ~as' not going to impact the decision made. Chairperson Nixt stated he shared Councilmembei: Anderson's concerns but it is not his understanding of what is happening here. He stated he is Io01~ihg at,~ ou{'I'ot' as a stand-alone. Principal Planner Trudgeon stated this was on the Council's agenda and tabled until their next meeting for requests that the developer bring sketch plans for both are~ and if they could not do the sixteen units; show how they would!develop the second parr. - .' Mr. McGee stated what it comes down to iS"~hat they have to develdp the entire piece of property, they cannot have outl'ots. : Principal Planner Trudgeon 5rated this is i:ncons~stent and there-ii some desire to know what is going to be developed on the Outlots. . .- Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by C~mmissioner Kociscak, to approve the site plan of Villas of :Meadow Point 'contingent upon ¢omp;~ance with City Staff review letter dated September, 26, 2002, and the developer receiving, preliminary plat approval on ~erms that the City Counci~hasmquested anti, subject m approval bY City Staff on landscaping plan. ' -,' .': . _2 ': :"--:"'- --~-'i "i Motion Carried': i Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Corm,nissloners Kociscak, Brauer, and Reeve. Voting No: None.-Absent: Commissioner Johnson and Watson. Case #1'3.:" Proposed'Or. dinahce to Amend Maximum Number of Permitted Units per ~ ..'. :Building in R'2 Residential District Principal Planner Trudgeon explained that City Code states multiple dwelling un/ts (including duplexes, twinhOmes, townhomes, and apartment buildings) in the R-2 Residential Distr/ct shall contain no more than 10 units per building. Allstate Development LLC is requesting an -_amendment to:increase the number of housing units that can be contained in a building located in ~he' R-2 DistriCt. Allstate Development would like to construct a townhome development with eight 1,6-Unit buildings as part of the Villas at Meadow Point subdivision. The new R-2 Zoning Distdc't limits the number of units in a building to 10. The previous ordinance governing mediUm density residential district had no cap on the number of units allowed per building. For -406- Planning Commission/October 10, 2002 Page 16 of 19 I I I I I I I I' I :1 I I I I I I' I