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)tr. Wllll~ ~odr£ch Januar~ 26, ~.993 Page 2 3. public Nse of La~d As aparu ell =he PUD approval, the City required that a deed restriction ~ impomed on the deed from the City to the golf course owner~, requiring tha= the golf course be perpe=ually open for public p~ay, ac rates comparable =o ocher local public courses. Fo~ all practical purposes, the CiTy received a ~ree municipal go~f course withou= r_he attendan= headaches of ownermhip, or any subsequent developer to claim =he right to our treatment, his projecc would also need to have crea=ed a substantial public recrea=ional oppor=uniry. 4 ~randfa~her's ~i~hts to Hiqher Density Prior to pla~=ing Rum River Hills, we had been assessed for a road J~prove~. ent project on a portion of our land based on a densit~ formula which produced far more assessments than would have been th~ case under a one-in-ten acre density, which was in effect at th~ time of the PUD. The number of lots we were allowed was .~n recognition of ~hese rights and was a compromise. In addi=ion,~ =he PUD ordinance does not have any density goals cr requirementsI. A case-by-case review is done. 5. Dow~sca~inq ADuroved Densit? The approvedi narrative for the PUD called for a densit! of up =o 10 unics peri acre for Ounlo~ C, which would mean.about 36 units. We are askin~ for a lower density, looking for 12 u~.its on 4.6 acres as opposed to 36 uni=s on 3.6 acres. 6. BaCkuD Drainfield Areas The CiTy required, as a condition of approval of the PUD, =hat we obtain easements over all 120+ acres of golf course !airways =o accommodate ~ackup systems, for possible drainfield ~ilures. This translates to about an additional 3.4 acres of land for every to~ i ~ n~ the subdivision. In shor~, fo~ subsequ, ent developers to claim fha= approval of our current repl~t would entitle them to~do., townhouse development of a similar nature, I believe =hat their ~roposal would need to meet the ~ol~wing criteria: (1) Be of s~J~ilar size (150+ acres); ~' (2) Be proposed as a PUD, with multiple land uses; · ~ (3) Contain a major public recreat~ona_ facility;