Minutes - Planning Commission - 09/05/2002

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Mr. Paumen reviewed the location of the proposed building site and the alternative building site. He stated that he could understand the concern of bringing in eight feet of fill on a standard urban lot, but on an 8-acre lot with four acres of high ground it is not a large concern. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Kociscak, to recommend that City Council approve the preliminary plat of Wurm-Paumen Properties to develop 29.2 acres on Ramsey Boulevard at 158th Lane NW contingent on compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated August 29, 2002, and receiving the appropriate permits from other agencies. Further discussion: Commissioner Johnson stated that the reason he made the motion is that they have staff telling them that the lot is buildable and the actual location of the home will depend on a lot of factors. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Kociscak, Brauer, and ReeVe. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Watson. Case #2: Request for Preliminary Plat Review of Rivenwick 3rd Addition; Case of Turtle Moon, Inc. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:55 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:55 p.m. Presentation Associate Planner Wald stated that the City received an application from Turtle Moon Inc. for preliminary plat review of a townhome development. The property is generally located south of Riverdale Drive and north of the existing Rivenwick urban residential development. The project area is approximately 19.46 acres in size. The maximum net density established in the R-2 District is 7 units per acre. The preliminary plat is proposing to development 112 townhouse units; a net density of 7 units per acre. The development will be platted as a Common Interest Community (CIC), which means the individual townhouse units will be platted at Anoka County when construction of the units has commenced. The development is subject to site plan review for architectural standards, landscaping, unit size, streets, and screening. As outlined in the preliminary plat, Outlot D and E of Rivenwick, has been platted to represent the potential alignment of Riverdale Drive. The developer is proposing to shift the proposed Riverdale Drive alignment to the north in order to provide a public street through the development. Property located south of Outlot E and D is zoned R-2, property located to the north is zoned B-1 Business. The proposed realignment of Riverdale Drive to the north results in a small portion of the project area being zoned B-1 Business. The portion of the property zoned B-1 will need to be rezoned to R~2 in order to facilitate the proposed townhouse development. The City has received Planning Commission/September 5, 2002 Page 7 of 16