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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE #: q REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW OF BIRCH HILL LODGES CASE OF ORRIN THOMPSON HOMES By: Megan Wald, Community Development Assistant Background: Orrin Thompson Homes has applied for preliminary plat review o.f a townhome development that is proposing to construct 84 townhome units. The property is generally located south of Sunwood Drive and west of State Highway #47. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) b) .' c) d) e) f) g) c) Site location map . Preliminary Plat Letter from MnDot dated November 13,2001 Letter from Bob Hutchison, Lord of Life Church and related attachment Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated December 4, 2001 Proposed draft park development agreement Letter from Cory Lepper regarding the proposed park development agreement City Staff Review Letter dated November 30, 2001 Notification: State Law requires properties within 350-feet of the subject property receive public notification of the preliminary plat. Observations: The property is currently zoned B-1 Business. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to R-3U Residential. The City .Council introduced.a rezoning ordinance at their December 11, 2001 meeting. The subject project will be required to. obtain a comprehensive plan amendment unless the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan is adopted. A rezoning and comprehensive plan amendment will allow the property to be developed at a maximum density of 7 units an acre. The property is approximately 14.08 acres in size. The preliminary plat shows a net density of 6 units per acre. The proposed townhome structures consist of eight, ten, and twelve units ranging in building size from 9,248 square feet, 11,016 square feet, and 12,784 square feet, respectively. The preliminary plat is proposing a public street (Cobalt Street)' through the development that will connect to a private street located on the Lord of Life Church property. The applicant is proposing a 30-foot by 10-foot center median on Cobalt Street. The Streets Supervisor has raised some concerns regarding the proposed center median island. The Street Supervisor's concerns include snow plowing constraints when a median exists on a public street. The developer is proposing to widen the entrance where Cobalt Street connects to Sunwood Drive to provide wider accommodations for the snowplows. The proposed center median island alignment will require additional staff time to the snow plowing operations. Grant Riemer, the -143-