Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/06/2000

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agreement will require that the homeowners covenants confn'm that the the interior streets will remain private and the responsibility of the'homeowners association. The pavement width on the private street is proposed at 26 feet;-on-street parking will be restricted to one side to maintain adequate emergency vehicular access. "No parking" signs should be installed along the private street to ensure continuous free access by emergency vehicles. Grading and Drainage: The grading and drainage plan has been presented and approved as a part of the preliminary plat approval of the subdivision. Landscaping and Screening: At the date of this writing, Staff has not had the opporttmity to perform a detailed review of the landscape plan. It is shown that 2 trees and 8 shrubs are proposed for each quadhome structure. General comments at this time are: the landscape plan should be modified to identify areas to be irrig, ated, an additional species or two for the trees should be considered for long term disease resistance and variety, spirea and barberry shrubs are overused, the second item in the shrub key is Black Hills Spruce and this is acknowledged as a simple error to be corrected. 7. Off Street Parking, Design: All off-street parking nodes will be paved and finished with B- 612 concrete curbing. The individual driveway units will also be paved. 8. Utilities and Water Usage:. The development will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. Off Street Parking, Number: For purposes of the quadhome area, each quadhome structure will have 3 double garages and 1 single garage. Off-street parking can also be accommodated in the paved driveway and there are 9 additional off-street parking spaces within 2 parking nodes provided on Block 2. 10. Architectural Standards: The building plans indicate that the structures will be sided with maintenance free siding and asphalt shingles. 11. Minimum Floor Area: The Multiple Residential (MR) District regulations in City Code were used to critique the proposed unit sizes. The MR District establishes a minimum total floor area of 800 square feet for multiple level units. All of the quadhomes are bi-level and have a minimum of 888 finished square feet of living space. 12. Street Lights: The Developer should make arrangements with Connexus to install the street lights and the homeowners associations will be responsible for the utility bill. The City Engineer should be provided with a copy of the street light layout for incorporation into the City street light map.