Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/03/2002

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C SE #: REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW OF RIVENWICK 3m) ADDITION CASE OF TURTLE MOON INC. By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Background: Turtle Moon Inc. has applied for preliminary plat review of a townhome development. The property is generally located south of Kiverdale Drive and north of the existing Kivenwick urban residential development. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) b) c) d) c) Site location map Preliminary Plat Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated Seplember 5, 2002 Letter from MnDot dated September 16, 2002 City StaffReview Letter dated September 27, 2002 Notification: State statute requires notification of preliminary plat public hearing to owners of property located within 350 feet of the subject property. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the subject property. Observations: The project area is approximately 19.46 acres in size. The maximum net density established in the R-2 District is 7 units per acre. The preliminary plat is proposing to development 112 townhouse units. The development contains an MSA road and therefore net area for the project is 16 acres. Net density for the proposed development is 7 units per acre; this complies with City Code. The development will be platted as a Common Interest Community (CIC), which means the individual townhouse units will be platted at Anoka County when construction of the units has commenced. When the developer plats the individual units at Anoka County, they must conform to the approved preliminary plat and site plan. The development is subject to site plan review for architectural standards, landscaping, unit size, streets, and screening. As outlined in the preliminary plat, Outlot D and E of Rivenwick has been platted to represent the potential alignment of Riverdale Drive. The developer is proposing to shift the proposed Riverdale Drive alignment to the north in order to provide a public street through the development. Property located south of Outlot E and D is zoned R-2, property located to the north is zoned B-1 Business. The proposed realignment of Riverdale Drive to the north results in a small portion of the project area being zoned B-1 Business. The portion of the property zoned B-1 will need to be rezoned to R-2 in order to facilkate the proposed townhouse development. The City has received a rezoning application and the Planning Commission will be reviewing the rezoning request at thelr October meeting. The townhouse units will front onto private streets. The private streets will provide access to 138th Avenue, which provides access to Riverdale Drive. Riverdale Drive is proposing to connect to Highway #10 and to Garnet Street. City Code also requires the development to provide a minimum of 40% open space, 10% of which must be identified as a common area for use by residents of the development. The development exceeds open space requirements.