Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 06/20/2001

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CASE # REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR TOWNHOMES LOCATED WITHIN THE PONDS SUBDIVISION; CASE OF ROYAL OAKS REALTY, INC. By: Principal Planner, Patrick Trudgeon Background: Mr. Michael Black of 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 152 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) Site location map Site plan and preliminary plat for The Ponds City StaffReview Letter dated June 1, 2001 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-l, Business and R-l, Single-Family Residential to Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.). The rezoning would allow the property to be subdivided into 73 single-family lots, 152 townhome'units and 82 apartment units. The townhome development will be constructed in an area that is roughly 16.63 acres in size. The gross and net density of the townhomes is proposed to be 9.14 units per acre. The area proposed to be developed as townhomes lies within areas designated as low, medium, and high density residential on the March 2001 Draft Land Use Map. Calculations by staff shows that the area used for the townhomes would be allowed to have about 139 housing units under the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan. However, the number of units that the development shows is less than the maximum number of units that would be allowed under the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Land Use Map. (Approximately 340 units would be allowed if the development is a P.U.D. Royal Oaks Realty shows 307 dwelling units). The townhome units comply with all setback requirements. The closest townhome unit is about 28 feet from the rear lot line of the nearest new single-family lot, 140 feet from the rear lot line of an existing single-family lot on 142~d and about 35 feet from the lot line of the existing large lot on Nowthen Blvd. The units are also setback at least 35 feet from the proposed Iodine St. right-of-way.