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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR TOWNHOMES LOCATED WITHIN THE PONDS SUBDMSION; CASE OF ROYAL OAKS REALTY, ENC. By: Principal Planner, Patrick Trudgeon Background: Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. has applied for site plan review for a townhome development to be located within The Ponds subdivision. The applicant is planning on constructing 91 townhome units. The townhouse development is generally located along CSAH 5 (Nowthen Blvd.) northwest of the City Water Tower. · The. following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) Site location map Site plan for the townhomes and preliminary plat for The Ponds dated December 11, 2001 Lots 17-26, Block 6 reconfiguration drawing Planning Commission meeting minutes dated January 3, 2002 City StaffReview Letter dated December 28, 2001, Revised February 6, 2002 Proposed Development Permit Notification: Site plans are not required to be subjected to public hearings. The platting and rezoning of The Ponds subdivision is subject to two public hearings and the adjacent property owners are aware of the pending development. Observations: The applicant has submitted an application for the rezoning of the development property from B- I, Business and R-I, Single-Family Residential to K-1 Single Family Residential, R-3U, Muki- Family Residential, and MR, Multifamily Residential. The rezoning would allow the property to be subdivided into 88' single-family lots, 91 townhome units and 82 apartment units. The townhome development will be constructed in an area that is roughly 16.57 acres in size. The net density of the townhomes is proposed to be 6.88 units per acre. The area proposed to be developed as townhomes lies within areas designated as medium and high density residential on the 2001 Comprehensive Plan Land Use MaP. The drives serving the townhomes are a combination of private and public roads. The public roads will consist of 144t~ Lane, 144th Court and Iodine St. The applicant is dedicating 60 feet of right~of-way for the public streets through the townhouse portions of the development. The remaining townhouse units will be. served by driveways coming off the public roads. As the City Council knows, the City has been reviewing use of private roads in multi-family developments. This plan complies with the policies the City Council previously discussed. One of the considerations that the policy gave for the use of public roads through townhouse developments was a reduced setback for those townhome units located on public streets. The townhouse units 3 -220-