Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/18/1999 - Special Meeting

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TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Cindy Sherman, Community Development Director DATE: August 12, 1999 Sketch Plan for the Preserve at Sunfish Lake Pulte Home Corporation has submitted a sketch plan for the Kurak property located around Sunfish Lake and Sunwood Drive. The plan is a mixed residential project with a~ variety of townhomes and single-family homes proposed. Staff originally reviewed a plan that included 364 units on 95 acres for a density of 3.8 units per acre. The developer revised the plan to 335 units and a density of 3.5 units per acre. The developer held a neighborhood meeting and presented the 335-unit plan. Based on the plan and unit mix the neighborhood comments ranged from no townhomes wanted to townhomes of a certain value would be acceptable. Following the neighborhood meeting the developer revised the plan again. They eliminated all eight- unit townhome buildings and introduced single family homes on smaller lots. The plan now includes 294 units for a density of 3.1 units per acre. This property is designated mixed residential on the draft land use plan. Following are the performance criteria taken out of the draft comprehensive plan. The staff has reviewed the plan based on the criteria and comments are included with each criterion. Mixed Residential Performance Criteria: Projects within the Mixed Residential land use shall adhere to the following performance criteria: 1. The project is planned as an integral element of the larger neighborhood with interconnecting streets, pedestrian trails and greenways. The plan cmmects existing street stubs, links the trail system and proposes greenway connections along the wetland on the east and the lake on the west. 2. Higher intensity housing is planned as an integrated part of the project and may be used for buffering or transition to major roads or more intense uses.