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Case #2: Request for Sketch Plan Review of Royal Oaks Property; Case of Royal Oa~ Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that Mike Black of Royal Oaks Realty has app~edi for sketch plan approval to develop 86.71 acres on the corner of Dysprosium S~e~ ~;'i~bwthen Boulevard. Royal Oaks Realty is proposing to develop 71 single family::.i~t~'~152 t°~Ome units, and 85 apartment units on this property. The property was removeff:fi'6m the develo~nt~ moratorium on February 16, 2001. The property is currently zoned R-:I Si~ie:Eamily and Business. The applicant will be asking for a rezoning of th~'Pr°~ to~'~Planned Development (PUD). The draf~ Comprehensive Plan shows~-::I~'"~re~.~ being high density residential along Dysprosium Street, medium density residen~i ~long Nc~hen Boulevard, and low density residential on the western portion of the prop .eztY~-?~e prope~ contains 86.71 acres with 28.02 of these acres classified as wetlands. The:~{¢~ plan sho~'~.ia~ gross density of 3.55 units per acre. When the wetlands are factored, out, ~- ~bt ~sity. for ~i;WhOle::. . development is 5.25 units per acre. The single-family lots abut urba~ size ~denti~ [6~ td:::the north and west and two large single family lots to the south that are buffere&~ ~hands. The single-family lots ail meet the minimum dimensional and area requirements with th~ ~xception of. Lot 6, Block 1, which is deficient in lot width. The !ownhomes will be adjacent t~::~e new~:::~i~ke-family lots and a large single-family lot along N0~en Bpulevard. The apartment~ ~:i!~ ~ ~cross the street form the newly constructed se~Pf ~pai:t~'nt~:'huil~g. The develop~:r Will gain pr/mary access from Nowthen Boulevardand ~ondary-'~S~ fi-om Iod/ne St~&/t'~NW'. As part of the plat, 145t~ Court will be extend'ad~'anotha~2~00 feet to s~~tionai:lots being created as part of the plat. The sketch plan does not sho¢i'a~y propp~d:~cces~ i~° ~;:::~om the subdivision using Fluorine Street NW. The development ilPr~opg.s~g ~o use Ofiti6t A and B of Wood Pond Hills 4~ Addition in combination with land or/~h:~ d~Velopment Property to create ten new single family lots anct 6bmplete~I45~ Court. Tw~}~isting lots on the south side of 145~ Court are shown as recei~in~ additional!and in their re~i~;ar4s;:~e drives serving the townhomes and the apartmen~::bmiding Will b4~'Rrivate and mai"n~ed~ by the homeowners association. City ordinances State that privat~:iStreets shall not~h~l'6wed in Ramsey. However, past practice has been'~o¢;~if6~-them in 9ei:fMh deue.lopmentsT?S~taff questioned whether the access between' the townhomes ani5 ~e~apartrribfit b~{Ii:~Jitg.iS :.g~:~essary since that access would be possibiy be used by a significant pbrt/Onof the townhou~esidents. Staff would prefer that most of the residents ~:?¢:7 '~d:;~e access on~bi~owthen Boulevard. All public and private streets shall be named in ~);;'~"~n~aiace with the ~i~ .s;:-"- st~.eet grid pattern. The Preliminary Plat should show how the proposed:~¢~S points ori'~S~:#5 and Dysprosium Street line up in relation to the uses across the right-of-way, The recenfi~ adopted sidewalk ordinance calls for sidewalk to be installed on all roads exceP~l-de-sa~ The concept plan does show a continuation of the City trail system through this prOPerty. The Park Commission will review this in further detail. Site Plan review of the apartmeTM_ and town.homes will be done at the same time as the rezoning and plat review ':t: ;,j'.- ..is being condti~ed. The townhomes are proposed as eight-unit buildings. The apartment '%¢ui)ding isPr0posed to be a cooperative senior housing and will be a three-story structure. GlUing and drainage, traffic generation repons, Site improvements, etc., will be addressed in dei~ii: ~::bart of the preliminary plat and rezoning process. It was also noted that the concept plan does not show drainage ponds to handle the treatment of runoff pr/or to discharge into -04- Planning Commission/March 6, 2001 Page 3 of 6 I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I i I I