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Further discussion: Councilmember Zimmerman did not feel that the traffic concerns had been addressed. He stated that the developer may have agreed to reduce two lots along the pond, but those lots probably should have not been included to begin with. He also felt that the "doghouse" lot would continue to be an eyesore in the neighborhood. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that the fact that the development is not as bad as it could have been only means that the Comprehensive Plan is not as good as it should have been. He inquired if the motion addressed the withdraw of the apartment complex and the creation of that lot as an outlot. City Attorney Goodrich inquired if the preliminary plat included the apartment building. Principal Planner Trudgeon replied that preliminary plat only creates the lots. Mr. Black noted that he was not going to be requesting site plan approval on the apartment lot at this time. Councilmember Anderson inquired at what time would it be appropriate to draft the reforestation agreement. City Attorney Goodrich replied that reforestation should be addressed in the development agreement. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. Voting No: Hendriksen and Zimmerman. Case #3: Request for Site Plan Review for Townhomes located within The Ponds Subdivision; Case of Royal Oaks Realty Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. has applied for site plan review for a townhome development to be located within The Ponds subdivision. The applicant is planning on constructing 91 townhome units. The townhouse development is generally located along CSAH 5 (Nowthen Blvd.) northwest of the City Water Tower. The applicant has submitted an application for the rezoning of the development property from B-1, Business and R- 1, Single-Family Residential to R-1 Single Family Residential, R-3U, Multi-Family Residential, and MR, Multifamily Residential. The rezoning would allow the property to be subdivided into 88 single-family lots, 91 townhome units and 82 apartment units. 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. 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 Street. The applicant is dedicating 60 feet of right-of-way for the public streets through the townhouse portions of the development. The remaining townhouse units will be served by driveways coming off the public roads. As the City Council knows, the City has been reviewing use of private roads in multi-family developments. This plan complies with the policies the City Council previously discussed. 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 set back 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 found them acceptable. The closest townhome unit is about 50 feet from the rear lot line of City Council/February 12, 2002 Page 24 of 33