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CASE #: <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF <br />THE VILLAGE OF SUNFISH LAKE.; <br />CASE OF LTR LAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC <br />By: Principal Planner Patrick Trudgeon, AICP <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />LTR Land Development, LLC has applied for sketch plan review to plat the ThOmas Kurak <br />property south of Sunwood Drive between Potassium St. and 145th Lane The submitted sketch <br />plan shows a total of 129 housing units on 29.08 acres. The following items are enclosed:- <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Sketch plan >~: <br />Architectural elevations and floor plans of the proposed units. <br />City Staff Review Letter dated December 27,2002 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No surrounding properties were notified of the sketch plan submittal. Notification will be <br />required for the preliminary plat public hearing. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is 29.08 acres in size and currently is vacant and used for agricultural purposes. <br />The applicant is-proposing to develop 91 single family lots and 38 association maintained <br />cottages for a total of 129 housing units. The property is currently, zoned R-1 Residential and is <br />located in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br />designates this area for Iow density single family residential development 'not to exceed a net <br />density of 3 units per acre or up to 4 units per net acre if townhomes are proposed as part. of a <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD). The gross density of the plat appears to be 4.43 units per <br />acre. There are wetlands present on the property that will need to be factored out and a net <br />density will be determined at the time of preliminary-plat review. <br /> <br />Since the net density of the development property exceeds the limit for the low density <br />residential designation, the applic.ant will need a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the <br />land use designation to Medium Density Residential (up to 7 units per net acre). The applicant <br />has indicated that they would first like to have the citY review the sketch plan to give generaI <br />feedback on developing the land before they move forward with the rest of the development. <br /> <br />The subdivision will be processed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The applicant is <br />requesting the use of a PUD due to the unique nature of their development. They are proposing <br />smaller lots than typically required for the single family lots. They are proposing lots as small as <br />5,500 square feet and lot widths as narrow as 50 feet. The current minimum for urban single <br />family lots are 10, 800 square feet and lot widths of 80 feet. The applicant is also proposing to <br />have narrower right-of-ways (50 feet versus 60 feet) and the extensive use of private roads to <br />serve the 38 association maintained cottages. <br /> <br />The sketch plan identifies proper extension of pUblic streets throughout the plat, providing <br />connection with streets previously constructed as part of the Chestnut Hills and Chestnut Ridge <br /> <br /> <br />