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Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Reeves, recommend that the City Council grant site plan approval to the townhomes proposed as part of The Ponds subdivision contingent upon compliance with the City staff review letter dated June 1,2001. Motion Carded. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Reeves, Kociscak, Reeves, and Watson. Voting No: None. Case #10: Request for Site Plan Review for an Apartment Building within The Ponds subdivision; Case of Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. Principal Planner Trudgeon stated Mr. Michael Bt~ has applied for site plan review for a town_home development subdivision. The applicant is planning on constructim development is generally located along CSAH 5 Tower. The applicant has submitted an application for from B- 1, Business and R- 1, single-Family The rezoning would allow the property to be townhome units and 82 apartment units. The townhome area that is roughly 16.63 acres in size. to be 9.14 units per acre. The area designated as low, medium, and high Calculations by staff shows that the 139 housing units under the March 2001 units that the development sho~s is less allowed under the March would be allowed The townhome units:.~°~Iy with 28 feet from the reii~:i!6~',line of an existing P.U.D. and net [eveloped Ponds northwest of the g of development (P.U.D.). single-family lots, 152 be constructed in an i the townhomes is proposed lies within areas Draft Land Use Map. allowed to have about ..... ~,~ However, the number of number of units that would be Use Map. (Approximately 340 units Oaks Realty shows 307 dwelling units). The closest townhome unit is about lot, 140 feet from the rear lot line of from the lot line of the existing large lot on Nowthen Blvd. The setback at least 35 feet from the proposed Iodine St. right- ., ,.~ :~.~T,: ~,..,~ "~ ~ ~" ~;';'~' d of-way. ~,~.The,,,:townhome p0 .m,':!Sn of the evelopment will consist of eighteen (18) eight-unit townh~'~':"s'ti/u~:~.'7-and~, twS~:(..J.2.i!;i'~gur-unit townhome structures for a total of 1.52 units. City Cod~ie~iablishes tha{':m~lt, iple Ca~!~!.strucmres of 3 or more units are subject to a site plan repair. The townhome'~:'~ two-s{~fy, slab on grade, two and three bedroom townhome units. E~dk ~t will have a miriam of 1,476 square feet of fmished living space. The exteriors of the strucsteel are proposed t0!~hsist of primarily vinyl siding with accent brick around the garages. The ro°'t~:~m have asp~::}'hingles. The eight-unit townhouse structure will have four units on each side ahd~:'Will hage:'four two-bedroom units and four three-bedroom units. Each unit will have an attactied(;do.uble car garage. Two off-street parking spaces are also provided on the paved driveways'Tbr each unit. The applicant will also be providing 79 additional off-street parking spaces within the 17 parking nodes along the private road. within the development. Public access will be provided from the proposed public road (Iodine Street, NW). All of the townhome units will be accessed through private roads. The private roads will be at least' 24 feet wide with some sections 28 feet wide. The development agreement will require the private Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 21 of 30 -43-