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Preliminary Plat and Site Plan P,,eivew <br />Rivenwick 4th <br />March 5, 2004 <br />Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />Townhouse Size.: The site plan is providing a variety of Heritage Condominiums and Carriage Town <br />home sizes. City Code requires each town house unit to be a certain size based on the number of bedrooms <br />the unit will contain. <br /> <br />1 bedroom 700 square feet <br />2 bedroom 800 square feet <br />3 bedroom 960 square feet <br /> <br />Information provided to Staff indicates that the smallest Heritage unit will be 1,276 square feet in size and <br />the smallest Carriage unit will be 1,595 square feet in size. The proposed units greatly exceed City Code <br />requirements. <br /> <br />7. Structure Height. Information will need to be provided regarding the height of the structures. However, <br /> staff anticipates all units will comply with the 35-foot height restriction. <br /> <br />Off-Street Parking Requirements: The proposed development is required to provide a minimum of 390 <br />off-street parking stalls (2 parking stalls per unit). The proposed townhouse units will all have a two stall <br />garage and many units are providing for a 25 foot driveway. The proposed garage and driveway pad will <br />provide enough area for 2 off-street parking stalls in most cases. In all but one case where a unit's garage <br />gains access from a 24 fbot wide street and the driveway is less than 25 feet, a secondary street that allows <br />for parking is located adjacent to the unit. The plan is also providing for 6 additional parking stalls located <br />within a parking node. <br /> <br />Maximum Driveway Width at Street Frontage: City Code stipulates that a driveway must be a maximum <br />of 20 feet where it abuts the street. It appears that the development complies with this requirement, however <br />the plan should be revised to include this information in order for staff to verify compliance. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />Open Space: The R-3 District requires a development to provide at least 40 % open space area for future <br />resident enjoyment. Qualifying areas include grassed lawns, landscape areas, gardens, natural areas, <br />landscape rock, mulch, wetlands, and ponding areas. City Code also states that of the 40% open space area <br />10% must be dedicated as an identifiable common area. The development is providing 42% (332,148 square <br />feet) green space area. The preliminary plat is showing one common open space area that is 1 acre (43,560 <br />square feet) in size; this exceeds the 10% open space area requirement. Staff would like to See the intended <br />plans and improvements for the common open space area. Staff is recommending this area include some <br />amenities, i.e. a gazebo, park benches, flower gardens, or sculptures. This one acre open space area does not <br />need to include a tot lot as there is a nice active park fbr children to use located immediately adjacent to this <br />project. , <br /> <br />ll. <br /> <br />Access and Streets. The submitted plan shows that most units will front onto private streets. The Home <br />Owners Association Covenants must plainly point out that private streets are not eligible for conversion to <br />public streets at a future date. <br /> <br />The proposed plat will accommodate 195 units, which will be serviced by Riverdale Drive. Riverdale Drive <br />is an MSA road and will connect to !38m Avenue and also Garnet Street near the east end of the plat and <br />Highway # 10 west of the subdivision. <br /> <br /> <br />