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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL OF APPLE RIDGE; CASE OF GOOD VALUE HOMES By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: The City has received a request for preliminary plat approval of Apple Ridge from Good Value Homes. The property is located west of T.H. #47 at about 157th and 158th. The following items are enclosed: 1. Site location map 2. Preliminary Plat and Utility Plan with a revision date of 6/2/97; Grading Plan with an assumed revision date of 6/2/97; and a tree preservation plan 3. City Staff Review Letter dated March 26, 1997 4. Ltr from Mn/DOT dated April 17, 1997 5. Planning Commission, Park Commission and City Council meeting minutes dated February 4, February 25, March 4, March 13, March 25, April 1, April 7 Observations: The Planning Commission conducted the public hearing on April 1 and continued the regular meeting to April 7. On April 7 the Planning Commission recommended preliminary plat approval contingent upon approval of the rezoning to R-I Urban Residential. In response to direction given at the April 22, 1997 Council meeting, the City Attorney reported to Council on May 27 that the determination of the approved MUSA boundary in the vicinity of Apple Ridge does not include the northeast 6.2 acres of that proposed subdivision. Therefore, the total acreage permitted for development at urban standards is 57.8. Accordingly, the developer has revised the preliminary plat to exclude that area determined not to be in the MUSA and consequently the number of lots has been reduced from the 142 approved by the Planning Commission to 127. The revised preliminary plat simply eliminates the area not included in the MUSA and involves no other plat design change from that which was reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission. Therefore, it has been determined that the reduction in the area to be platted is not a significant change to the plat and does not warrant another public hearing at the Planning Commission level. The ratio of rural to urban lots on the west property boundary is 1 to 1. The ratio of urban to rural lots on the western 2/3 of the north plat boundary is less than 1.5 to 1 and there are 3.5 lots that back up to the larger rural parcel abutting the eastern 1/3 of the north plat boundary. City Code establishes a minimum lot size of 10,800 square feet and inclusive of streets, you can generally achieve a density of 3 units per acre. The average lot size in the revised preliminary plat is 15,828 square feet with a density of 2.2 units per acre. The average lot size on those lots abutting the rural development to the west and north is 22,336 square feet. The lot widths on the west plat boundary are the same as the adjacent rural lots.