Minutes - Planning Commission - 01/03/2002

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Council approve the request to rezone the proposed plat of The Ponds from B-1 Business and R- 1 Single Family Residential to R-1 Single Family Residential, R-3U Residential, and Multiple Residential. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Kociscak, Commissioners Johnson, Reeve, Sweet, and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: Chairperson Nixt and Commissioner Brauer. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Reeve, to recommend approval of the preliminary plat subject to the City Staff Review Letter dated December 28, 2001, and the rezoning of the parcel to R-l, R-3U, and MR, and subject to a satisfactory tree preservation plan. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Kociscak, Commissioners Johnson, Reeve, Sweet, and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: Chairperson Nixt and Commissioner Brauer. PLANNING COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #4: Request for a Site Plan Review for Townhomes Located within The Ponds Subdivision; Case of Royal Oaks Realty Presentation Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the City received an application from Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. for site plan review for a townhome development to be located within The Ponds subdivision. The townhome development will be constructed in an area that is roughly 16.57 acres in size. The net density of the townhomes is proposed to be 6.88 units per acre. The area proposed to be developed as townhomes lies within areas designated as medium and high density residential on the 2001 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. Principal Planner Trudgeon noted that the drives serving the townhomes are a combination of private and public roads. The public roads will consist of 144th Lane, 144th Court and Iodine St. The applicant is dedicating 60 feet of right-of-way for the public streets through the townhouse portions of the development. Driveways coming off the public roads will serve the remaining townhouse units. As explained earlier, the City has been reviewing use of private roads in multi-family developments. This plan complies with the policies the Planning Commission previously reviewed. One of the considerations that the policy gave for the use of public roads through townhouse developments was a reduced setback for those townhome units located on public streets. The townhouse units along public streets will be setback 25 feet from the right-of-way (approximately 40 feet from back of street curb) and the units located on the private streets will be located 25 feet from back of street curb. All of the units will have driveways 25 feet in length. Staff has reviewed the proposed setbacks for the townhouse units and finds them acceptable. The closest townhome unit is about 50 feet from the rear lot line of an existing single-family lot. The units are also setback at least 35 feet from the proposed Iodine St. right-of-way. The townhome units meet the setback requirements from the exterior boundary line with the exception of Lot 26, Block 6, which does not meet the 40-foot rear yard setback requirement. The exteriors of all of the townhouse buildings are proposed to consist of primarily vinyl siding with accent brick around Planning Commission/January 3, 2002 Page 12 of 18