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CASE # <br />REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL <br />TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; <br />CASE OF SHADE TREE COMMUNITIES <br />By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Development Director <br />Background: <br />Shade Tree Communities has applied for a rezoning to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the <br />property located east of Nowthen Blvd., west of Potassium Street, and south of 157th Lane. <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br />a) Site Location Map <br />b) Preliminary Plat <br />c) Planning Commission meeting minutes dated April 7, 2005 <br />d) Findings of Fact to deny (drafted by the Planning Commission) <br />e) Optional Findings of Fact <br />f) Proposed Ordinance <br />Notification: <br />Property owners located within 700 feet were notified of the proposed rezoning. State law <br />requires that the City notify property owners within 350 feet be notified. <br />Observations: <br />The property is 28 acres in size, zoned R-1 Single Family Residential, and located within the <br />City's Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The applicant submitted a preliminary plat <br />and site plan that is proposing to develop 26 single unit detached townhomes and 16 single <br />family lots for a total of 42 housing units. The City of Ramsey's Comprehensive Plan designates <br />this area for low density residential development not to exceed a net density of 3 units per acre or <br />up to 4 units per net acre with the utilization of townhomes and processed as a Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD). The net density of the proposed subdivision is 2.75 units per acre. <br />The applicant is requesting a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning in order to accommodate <br />the unique layout of the property. The following is a listing of deviations from City Code that the <br />applicant is requesting to be considered as part of the PUD request: <br />• Smaller lot sizes. Current regulations require urban single family lots to be at least 10,800 <br />square feet in size. The development is proposing single family lots sizes of 8,800 square <br />feet and detached townhouse units of 3,354 square feet. <br />