Agenda - Council - 07/26/1983 - Laserfiche WebLink

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! ! I I I I I I I I I i I ,I I I adjacent single-family homes. If lots less than 60 feet wide are to be used, the city concluded that either a zero lot line setback for one side of the house should be used, or a new housing style should be designed for the narrow lot widths. Emphas. izin~ Development Details Since the neighborhood environment becomes more intimate in a development of small lot, single-family homes, the city concluded that project details are critical and that significant attention should be given to making the project look finished or mature from the beginning. In evaluating its second proposed small lot, single-family project,--the city is emphasizing that significant attention should be given to the following features, which it believes will enhance project amenity'and livability. ~ Grouping driveways to make the most of front'yard open space. Upgrading building materials on ~he fronts of units to include 6rick~ natural woods, ~asonry stucco~or a compatible combination of these material~. ' - Offsetting garages to provide more varied front building elevations. Using sensitive streetscaPe detaiiing, including decorative street lighting, groupings of Standardized mailbox supports, quality project identification signs and enhanced boulevard, front yard and rear yard landscape plantings provided concurrently with the construction of the housing unit. Adopting restrictive covenants to control the storage of recreational vehicles on individual lots. A Formal Housing Price Limit May Not Be Needed Initially, housing price limits appeared necessary to ensure that cost savings from reduced development standards would be passed on to buyers. But the price limitations applied to Shannon Park were not really needed to guarantee affordable housing costs. In Shannon Park competition in the marketplace has resulted in housing sales prices below many of the price ceiling categories applied to the project. Based on this'experience,'the city concluded that in the current depressed housing market, price limit systems may not be needed to ensure lower pricing consistent with reduced development standards. CONTACT For more information about the project, contact: Lee Starr Planning Director City of Coon Rapids 1313 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, Minnesota 55433 PRFNZS