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REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL OF WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 3rd ADDITION; CASE OF OAKWOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik CASE #: 3 Background: Oakwood Land Development has applied for preliminary plat approval for property located west of T.H. #47 and north of Alpine Drive N.W. The plat is a resubdivision of 2 existing homesteads, the back yards of two other homesteads to the east, and an outlot remnant from Wildlife Sanctuary 2"a Addition, into 46 new single family, urban lots; one of which will be occupied by an existing house. The following' items are enclosed: a) b) c) d) e) g) h) i) Site location map Preliminary Plat, Grading Plan, Utility Plan and Tree Plan, Revision Date November 5, 2002 Inventory of existing tree cover on the West boundary of the Plat Planning Commission meeting minutes dated October 3, 2002 Draft City Council Work Session meeting minutes dated October 15, 2002 Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated November 7, 2002 Letter of intent to construct fence from Oakwood Land Development dated November 12, 2002 City Staff Review Letter dated November 1, 2002, Revised November 21, 2002 Proposed resolution for preliminary plat approval Notification: In accordance with State Statute, City Staff attempted to notify owners of property within 350 feet of the Subject Property of the proposed preliminary plat. Observations: The property is zoned R-1 Residential and is located in the Metropolitan Urban. Service Area (MUSA) boundary. The property is approximately23.5 acres in size and proposes to plat 45 new urban lots for development and one existing homestead for a total of 46 lots. The gross density of the plat is 1.95 units per acre; factoring out the wetland, the net density is 2.05 units per acre. This complies with City Code and the Comprehensive Plan. In accordance with the approved sketch plan, the street plan proposes connection with streets planned in adjacent developments. Junkite Street N.W. will be extended north off Alpine Drive N.W. and terminate at the north boundary of the plat :in a permanent cul-de-sac because of the presence of wetlands. Street connections will be made with 154th Lane N.W. and 155t~ Lane N.W. in Sunflower Ridge to the east. The preliminary plat will extend 155~' Lane N.W. to the west boundary of the property for future access to the west. It will be constructed as a temporary cul-de-sac and will be signed as a future through Street. Neither the temporary nor the permanent cul-de-sac exceed the 600 foot length restriction. -141-