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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Cook, Kurak, Elvig, Pearson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #10: Request for Preliminary Plat Review of Town Center Gardens; Case of Brightkeys Development Corporation Assistant Community Development Director Tmdgeon stated that Brightkeys Development Corp. has submitted a revised preliminary plat for the development of a townhouse subdivision. The property is generally located in the northwest comer of County Road 56 (Ramsey Blvd.) and County Road 116 (Industry Blvd.). The total development site consists of 51.91 acres and Brightkeys is proposing to develop a first phase of 156 townhomes on 23.12 net acres. The Planning Commission and City Council has previously reviewed a sketch plan for the development in September 2002. At the time, there was some discussion about bringing into the development the two properties located at the northwest comer of the Hwy. 116 and Ramsey Blvd. Brightkeys has used the ensuing time to enter into a purchase agreement with the two property owners and they are now part of the plat. The development property, therefore, consists of three separate properties, a large vacant piece and two lots the currently contain single-family homes. The single-family homes will be removed and/or demolished as part of the development. At the June 5, 2003 meeting, the Planning Commission reviewed a preliminary plat showing 152 townhome units. After discussion about the proposed layout, the Planning Commission tabled action on the plat in order for the applicant to change the layout of some of the units and to address the City Engineer's comments. Staff also wanted to see the Traffic Generation Analysis completed before they could make a recommendation. On June 25, 2003, the Planning Commission held a special meeting to review the changes to the plat. Outlots A and C will be for future development. The preliminary plat is proposing to develop a total of 156 townhomes; 6 eight-unit buildings (back to back), 3 eight-unit buildings (row house style), 7 six-unit buildings (row house style), and 7 six-unit building (new urbanist style). The townhomes will be subject to a site plan review for all other aspects of the proposal including but not limited to architectural standards, off-street parking, structure setbacks, and landscaping. The subject property is zoned R-2 Medium Density Residential which allows for townhome developments up to 7 units per net acre. The net area (exclusive of wetlands in the development portion and major road right-of-way) of the development is 23.12 acres in size, which results in a net density of 6.75 units per acre. The applicant has submitted revised drainage, utility, and grading plans based on City Engineering Department comments presented prior to the June 5 and June 25, 2003 meeting. Staff presented comments at the meeting pertaining to the revised plans. The development is served by a combination of public and private streets and driveway collectors. Streets A, B, C, and D as shown on the plat are proposed to be public streets. The private streets will be driveway collectors and will serve the majority of the townhome units. The plat is showing on access onto County Road 56. This access will need to receive an access permit from Anoka County. It is anticipated that improvements within the County fight-of-way near the proposed accesses (such turn lanes and raised medians for right-in and right-out turning movements) will need to be constructed by the developer. A traffic generation analysis has been completed for the development of Town Center Gardens and finds that at full build out of the development, traffic patterns will still operate at an acceptable level assuming the access City Council/July 22, 2003 Page 20 of 33