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Site Plan P~e~tiew: Ramsey Town Center 2na Addition January 30i :20041 Revised February 20, 2004 Page 3 of 5 It was discUs.~ed at the December 2003 Planning Commission meeting that setbacks for the units will be measured from the back of the sidewalk to the unit. The preliminary plat shows all of the row house .tO:wnh~me units meeting this setback with the exception of Lots 8, 9, and 10 of Block 1. Due to th~ cUrVe in the right-of-way of East Ramsey Parkway the sidewalk is further than 20 feet from the;! front of the units. You have indicated that these units will be moved forward to comply with ~he maximum setback. Please submit a revised plan showing this change. The setbacksifor the back to back units (condos) will be unable to meet the 20' front setback since the ci~ will require that these driveways serving these units be 25 feet in length. Since the driveway at!d~i the front door will be located on the front of the unit, the setback will be 25 feet. Staff finds ~s setback acceptable. However, since the Town Center Zoning District requires that units ~u~t have a maximum 20-foot setback, Staff will be bringing forward an amendment to the Towtt ~Center District that will allow for a 25-foot setback for back-to-back townhome units. A concern mi~ed by Staff at the December Planning Commission meeting was the length of the proposed ddv~¢ways. After discussion with the Developer and the City Council, staff finds the following sitt~tion acceptable. For units that have a front door on a public street, driveways less than 25 feet ?~rill :be allowed. The length of the driveways are shown on Sheet 7A of the preliminary pl~t submittal. For the record, the Lots that will be able to driveways less that 25 feet are Lots 1.-25,~! BlOCk 1 and Lots 1-34, Block. 2. Lots 26, 43, Block 1, while technically having front doors on~ Ramsey Blvd. (CSAH 56), will be required to have driveways at least 25 feet in length since itlis Undesirable to have visitors and/or residents parking on Ramsey Blvd. Once again, ~ order to clearly define allowable driveway lengths, 8taft will be bringing forward an amendment to the Town Center Zoning Code in March that will allow for lesser driveway lengths when the front door faces a public street and the unit has a rear loaded garage. As stated in..: the: setback discussion for the back-to-back units, all driveways for the condominium~-will meet the 25-foot length requirement. Off-Street Pia~king Ret~nirements: The proposed development is providing double car garages with eaCl~ t~'~.~ In addition, there will be parking allowed on the public streets fronting the majority of the' row house townhome units, as well as driveways in the rear of the unit that will allow for limi~d parking. For the remaining units, all driveways will be 25 feet in length and will allow for ,~ddifional parking. On the eastern side of the site there will be approximately 20 parking nodes ~long the private streets for overflow parking. Maximum Dtr~ew, a,y Width: The maximum driveway width permitted for each unit is 20-feet. The site plan m~,~' ets ~his requirement, Landsca~ine,~: The. total area of the site is 389,349 square feet (impervious area is 274,536 square feet and ~e Pervious area is 114,813 square feet). When the newly adopted canopy cover