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-30- measures such as require surmountable curbs and no disturbance (i.e. no cutting of grass) of nesting areas. He said that the City Staff recommends preliminary plat approval subject to compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated December 28, 2001, and rezoning the parcel to R-l, R-3U, and MR. Citizen Input ~¢;;7 ,;,~: M~ke Black of Royal Oaks Realty stated h~s company was here last Jun¢:~.t,l~-?e same proposal and the Planning Commission recommended approval at that tim~}i?2~i th~i~equent city Council meeting, they w~thdrew the apphcat~on to rezone and ha, be Been worki~g:'~osely w~th Staff since then. He sought to highlight some of the changes plan over the ~ plan. He explained it is no longer proposed as a PUD. He said th~'~i~ reflects compliance'~i~::,tand use categories established in the new Comprehensive plan~'~(i':;~. Black stated there is a re~i~i;n in the overall density of the development. 'The type o~)~nhomes ~:a~boncern but now they are offering two different plans. They have added s;:~pen .s~::: which the Council had asked for. The corridor is widened along the open space b ~}'~f~i]:!?:By do, ing so, the grading is more limited in that area. Mr. Black stated~.,his firm listene3~'5~;:)the City s concerns regarding townhouse site plans and access to to~fi~es. The pre~¢d~' comments made by the engineering staff regarding the orientation:~}~;~'~0~/khouses relat;¢~t~o the road are satisfied. He commented that they are confident any r~ining i~:~kes :~:be wor~3 out. Mr. Black stated his company strongly believes in tree preservzi'[~¢n. ~e~!~iii:~¢~'¢grading and cautiously move to take out the trees. Then th~yw/t~l_10ok at the'~f~caht trees wiih the City Forester. He stated they have submitted a deta,~!'6d pta~!i-~¢~ii'.~:,: ):~i~¢'.i~i? .~.:,. 15:5'.*:~ :~ gi~:~ Comm~ssmner Sweet:~tmned ~f ~O~al Oaks Rea!~}is amenable to doing the biological review that has been recom~gded by Prgv~:,~,~c~!57;¢~,::,~,~,_,~.,, f/z~ ~Mr. Black said they Commi!k'ilon-e;~'¢~'~'(~nesti°~ds":~.why the developer is requesting to borrow density from the ap~b~'~t area rathel/:'~hh comp~i;~tth~the density requirements of the townhome area. ~!:,Bhck explained that ~)Comp Plan calls for a larger area to be utilized for high density than wha;':~¢i~'~plan is showir~}:ii:,They would be allowed more units than they are proposing if they followed'~m,ih~::land use ~¢t alignments of the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner:~:::Jb~6n suggested that the protection that is put around the drainage ponds should be makir~:i:i~hem more attractive especially for the person that is immediately adjacent to it. Mr. Black replied they are willing to do that. Planning Commission/January 3, 2002 Page 8 of 18 I I I I I I I I I I I I