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-182- Chairperson Nixt asked if a temporary cul-de-sac will be required on the west side. City Engineer Jankowski noted there is a dotted line on the plat showing that temporary cul-de- sac. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to recommend that City Council approve the preliminary plat contingent upon compliance with the City Staff Review Letter dated November 1, 2002 and reaching mutual agreement prior to Council consideration on appropriate type and placement of a fence on the adjoining property to incorporate the horse pasture. MotiOn Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Brauer, Kociscak, Reeve and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Case #5: Request for Sketch Plan and Preliminary Plat 'Approval of Highlands at River Park 4th Addition; Case of Arcon Development Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeUng at 8:06 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 8:26 p.m. Presentation Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the City received an application from Arcon Development for approval of a sketch plan/preliminary plat for the subdivision of property generally located north of Alpine Dr. between Zuni Street and Yakima Street NW. The property is approximately 4.81 acres in size and the applicant is proposing to develop I0 single-family lots. served by City sewer and water. The property is zoned R-1 Urban Residential and is located in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The proposed net density of the plat is approximately 2.2 units per acre, The development will be served from new Yakima Street within the Highlands at River Park subdivision by a public cut-de-sac approximately 500 feet in length. All of the lots meet the minimum dimensional requirements. The grading, drainage, utility, and street plans are generally acceptable subject to the points raised in the StaffReview Letter dated November 1, 2002. The applicant has provided an extensive tree inventory as part of the tree preservation plan. The tree preservation plan has been reviewed by staff and found to be acceptable. The proposed plat is considered low density residential and is bounded on the east and north by Highlands at River Park, a low-density single-family development. The development property abuts four lots (3 lots fully back up to the development and the fourth has 25. feet sharing a common boundary) to the west that are also in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area and eligible for redevelopment with single family homes at urban densities. The four lots are all served by septic systems and private wells and range from 0.83 to 0.87 acres in size. The new density transition ordinance does not clearly state what the requirements would be, if any, in situations where the adjacent property is in Planning Commission/November 7, 2002 Page 9 of 16