Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/03/2002

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CASE #: I REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW OF RIVER PINES 5TM ADDITION; CASE OF OAKWOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT, INC. By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Background: Oakwood Land Development has submitted an application to the City for a subdivision to be named River Pines 5'a Addition. The property is located on the west side of T.H. #47, immediately north of the existing Apple Ridge/River Pines neighborhood. The following items are enclosed: b) c) d) e) Site location map Preliminary Plat dated December 11,200.1 Planning Commission meeting minutes dated November 5, 2001 City Council meeting minutes dated December 11, 2001 City Staff Review Letter dated December 26, 2001 Notification: State statute requires notification of the public heating to owners of property within 350 feet of the subject property. Staff sent hearing notices to residents within 700 feet of the subject property. Observations: The property is currently located outside the boundaries of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and is zoned R-1 Rural Residential. At their regular meeting in September, the Planning Commission recommended that City Council approve an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to expand the MUSA boundary to include the subject property. They also recommended that the City Council rezone the property to R-1 Urban Residential to facilitate development of the property at urban standards. The City Council introduced the rezoning ordinance on December 11, 2001 and approved the 2001 Comprehensive Plan on December 18, 2001. The 2001 Comprehensive Plan expands the MUSA boundary to include the subject property; therefore, an amendment to the 1995"Comprehensive Plan for a MUSA boundary expansion is no longer required. The plat area is 9.7 acres. The subdivision is proposing to plat 17 new single-family parcels and one existing homestead for a total of 18 single-family lots. Net density (exclusive of Hwy. #47 right-of-way) has been established at 1.9 units per acre.