Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/09/2017

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Review File: Villas at North Fork Sketch Plan, Comprehensive Plan Amendment, and Conditional Zoning Amendment October 31, 2017 Page 4 of 4 project site. There is a Rural Developing subdivision north of Alpine Drive from the project site. The project site also abuts The Lurks at Northfork Golf Course. Density Transitioning is not required. Conditional Rezoning Agreement The Developer has requested that the Zoning Amendment be approved prior to Preliminary Plat. In order to accomplish this goal, the Developer must enter into a Conditional Rezoning Agreement. City Code Section 117-123 (Planned Unit Development District) requires certain plan sheets similar to a Preliminary Plat. Those have not yet been provided by the Developer, whom desires to defer these requirements until after a Zoning Amendment is approved. This was raised as a concern during previous review. The Zoning Amendment will be conditioned upon substantial compliance with the Sketch Plan dated September 12, 2017. The CRA shall include the following: 1. Agreement to lay out, develop and maintain the subject property as presented in the accompanying preliminary plat or site plan. 2. Provision to allow the city council to commence rezoning of the subject property to the previous zoning district if the preliminary plat or site plan is not adhered to. Said zoning change shall not be contested by the subject property owner or parties to CRA. 3. Additional standards may be included to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of surrounding land uses. It is noted that this scenario increases certain risks to the City (real and perceived). While the City has some concern with this approach, we feel this can be mitigated with the proper agreement. It is hereby noted that the City is not obligated to take this step, and can require that the Zoning Amendment run parallel with the Preliminary Plat. Staff provides the following comments that require revision: The following Sketch Plan requirements are missing from the submittal and must be included in future plan sets, or the Application shall be considered incomplete. These items must be shown on the plan set, not a separate document. 1. Net Density calculations (subtracting wetlands) 2. Architectural Renderings of model homes to be utilized within the development. This project has been reviewed using the City's new electronic plan review system, ProjectDox. Comments and redlined plans have been exported from that system and attached to this review file. A public workshop is scheduled for Thursday, November 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Alexander Ramsey Room. 4