Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/31/2013 - Special

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Special Planning Commission 5. 1. Meeting Date: 01/31/2013 By: Tim Gladhill, Community Development Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Request for Preliminary Plat and Site Plan Approval of SEASONS OF RAMSEY Located at the North East Intersection of Bunker Lake Boulevard NW and Town Center Drive NW; Case of The Seasons of Ramsey Limited Partnership Background: The City has received the following applications for SEASONS OF RAMSEY, a Major Plat for the development of fifty (50) townhome units in the TOWN CENTER GARDENS 3RD ADDITION: 1. Preliminary Plat 2. Final Plat 3. Site Plan Review 4. Request to Vacate Drainage and Utility Easements 5. Request to Vacate Right of Way for 147th Circle NW 6. Request to Convey Outlot C, RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 8TH ADDITION (City of Ramsey Housing and Redevelopment Authority [HRA]) The following case requests a recommendation from the Planning Commission only on the following applications, although said recommendation will have impacts on each of the other applications as well: 1. Preliminary Plat 2. Site Plan Review The Planning Commission reviewed the Sketch Plan for SEASONS OF RAMSEY at the December 6th, 2012 Planning Commission Meeting and directed the Applicant to prepare a Preliminary Plat for review. Notification: Staff has attempted to notify all Property Owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property via Standard US Mail of the Public Hearing for the Preliminary Plat. In addition, the Public Hearing Notice was properly advertised in the Anoka County, the City's Official Newsletter for Public Hearings. Observations/Alternatives: The proposed development is actually a reconfiguration of an existing platted, yet undeveloped portion of TOWN CENTER GARDENS 3RD ADDITION. The style of townhomes proposed varies from the original approval of the previous plat, involving wider units and a net decrease in the number of forecasted units over the entire development area for the project. Currently, approximately fifty-two (52) units are platted, yet only over a portion of the entire eight (8) acre development area. The entire development area originally forecasted closer to seventy (70) units. As part of the proposed development, a critical east -west connection of 147th Lane NW is created and constructed by the Developer; a proposal that the City previously recommended with the TOWN CENTER GARDENS Plat. The net result is that the existing circle, or loop, is no longer necessary. The existing 147th Lane will no longer terminate before connecting to another public street. As such, 147th Circle NW is proposed to be vacated, and converted to a private street. This connection provides necessary connectivity between Town Center Gardens and The COR. Said connection should improve safety and mobility for the entire area north of Bunker Lake Boulevard. A drainage and utility easement shall still be necessary for the public infrastructure in this location (sanitary sewer and municipal water lateral lines).