Agenda - Planning Commission - 11/05/1991

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CASE # 2 REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL OF WOOD POND HILLS; CASE OF BLH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: BLH Development Company is requesting preliminary plat approval of Wood Pond Hills. Wood Pond Hills consists of approximately 72 acres proposed to be subdivided into 135 lots. The plat is proposed to be developed and four phases and it will be served by municipal sewer and water. The 12 northernmost lots are not within the MUSA; however, this area is expected to be included in the MUSA by the time the lots are developed. You might recall, that when the Commission f'n'st reviewed this plat in March of 1990, it was proposed to be developed as a Planned Unit Development. That is no longer the case. The folio.wing items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) Site location map Preliminary plat Draft review letter from Tom Hovey, DNR City Staff review letter dated October 30, 1991 As you will note in the City Staff review letter of the preliminary plat, there are several issues to be resolved. Staff is seeking the Commission's input on the following issues: 1) Street proposed in Block 8 - A portion of the street proposed in Block 8 is to be property that is not contained within the plat. The cleanest way to handle this would be to include in the plat, that adjacent parcel proposing to give the additional street right-of-way required. 2) Cul-de-sac between Block 10 and 11. The street between Block 10 and 11 would end in a temporary cul-de-sac and provide for future of extension of the street into the adjacent parcel. The adjacent parcel only has a peninsula of developable land that would most likely have to be developed with a cul-de-sac extension of the street between Block 10 and 11. This creates a situation of ultimately having a cul-de-sac distance of 900 to 1,000 feet. Should the developer consider alternative street alignments in this area to reduce the ultimate length of the cul-de-sac. 3) Sunfish Lake Drive. This street is proposed to be developed as an MSA route to provide an additional link of east/west thoroughfare in our community. The street is proposed to cross a wetland area in the northwest comer of the plat. The point of traverse is fairly wide and the cost of construction in this area could be minimized somewhat if the road were aligned slightly more to the northwest at a narrow point in the wetland. With respect to park dedication, the plat was reviewed by the Park and Recreation Commission at their regular meeting in October. The consensus was that park dedication will consist of land for continuation of the trail corridor and the balance will be satisfied with cash. However, the exact alignment of the trail corridor through the plat has not been resolved and will be an item of discussion at the November meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission.