Minutes - Planning Commission - 01/03/2002

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Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Sweet, to recommend that the City Council approve the preliminary plat for River Pines 5t~ Addition contingent upon compliance with the City Staff Review Letter dated December 21,2001. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Vice Chair Kociscak, Commissioners Johnson, Sweet, Reeve, and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: Chairperson Nixt and Commissioner Brauer. Case #2: Request to Rezone Property From B-1 Business and R-1 Single Family Residential to R-1 Single Family Residential, R-3U Residential, and Multiple Residential; Case of Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. Case #3: Request for a Preliminary Plat of The Ponds; Case of Royal Oaks Realty Vice Chair Kociscak closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:15 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. He noted that public hearings for Cases #3 and #4 will be held simultaneously. Public Hearing Vice Chair Kociscak called the public hearing to order at 7:15 p.m. Presentation Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that Royal Oaks Realty has submitted an application to rezone property located at the southwest comer of CSAH 5 (Nowthen Blvd.) and Dysprosium Street from B-1 Business and R-1 Single Family Residential to R-1 Single Family Residential, R-3U Residential, and Multiple Residential. The rezoning would allow the property to be subdivided for 88 single-family lots, 91 townhome units and 82 senior apartment units. The property is 86.71 acres in size and is within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The 2001 Comprehensive Plan identifies this area as being High Density Residential along Dysprosium St., Medium Density Residential along Nowthen Blvd. and Low Density Residential on the western part of the property. He noted that the development property is adjacent to property that is zoned R-1 Single Family Residential, with the exception of a parcel north of the development property that is zoned R-3 Urban Residential, and a portion of the Flintwood Hills P.U.D. that is adjacent to the southeast portion of the development property. The Lord of Life Church property lying on the northeast side of Nowthen Blvd. is zoned B-1 Business and the Savannah Oaks Senior Apartment Building on the eastern side of Dysprosium is zoned Multiple Residential. Principal Planner Trudgeon summarized the history of the case, noting that Royal Oaks Realty submitted an application in the spring of 2001 to rezone the development property to Planned Unit Development (PUD). At the June 26, 2001 City Council meeting, the applicant withdrew the rezoning application. Principal Planner Trudgeon reviewed how much of each type of density is allowed on the Planning Commission/January 3, 2002 Page 5 of 18