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CASE #: q Background: REQUEST FOR 'SKETCH 'PLAN APPROVAL OF SHADE TREE COTTAGES; CASE OF SHADE TREE COMMUNITIES, LLC By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Shade Tree Communities, LLC applied for sketch plan review to create a residential Planned Unit Development ~?UD) subdivision consisting of single family and detached townhome units on the property generally located west of Potassium Street and east of Nowthen Blvd. (County Road 5). The following items are enclosed for your information: a) s~te location map b) Sl<etch plan c) City StaffReview Letter dated December 3.0., 2004 Notification: No public hearing is required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However, the City Council adopted a policy requiring notification of a prgposed subdivision be sent out to residents within 350 feet of the subject property during sketch plan submittal. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the subject property. 0 bservations: The subject property is 28 acres in size and zoned R-1 Single Family. City Code restricts density to three units per acre or up to four units per acre through a PUD. The sketch plan is proposing to plat the property into 10 single family lots and 28 detached townhome units for a density of 2.8 units per acre. Single family lots are permitted within the R-1 District and townhome units are permitted through a PUD. The subject property will need to be rezoned to PUD and the required rezoning application will need to be submitted in conjunction with the preliminary plat submittal. All the proposed lots appear to meet urban single-family standards for lot width, size, and frontage on a public road. The preliminary plat will need to clearly identify and comply with these requirements. City Code requires all PUD subdivisions to be subject to site plan review. Staff will refer to the standards established in the R-2 District when reviewing setback and dimensional requirements on the site plan. The required site plan submittals should be Submitted in conjunction with the preliminary plat application. The sketch plan is proposing to gain access from Potassium Street and Radium Street. The subdivision is complying with City Code by connecting to 'Radium Street, which is located within an existing residential neighborhood. The City has also received, a sketch plan application ~'or the development of the property located to the east of the subject property; Rum River Meadows. It is important to coordinate street layout and connections between Shade Tree Cottages, Rum River Meadows, and the existing neighborhood to the north. It is staff's opinion that the street layout should be revised to provide a more direct Radium Street connection from 25