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Background: <br /> <br />CASE #: ~5~ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLA/hr ,aJ'PROVAL OF' <br />BROOKirlIi;LD ADDITIOn; <br /> CASE OF OAK'wOOD LAN-D'DEVELOPMENT <br /> By! Amy Geisler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Oakwoocl Land Development has applied for sketch plan approval to develop 235 urban single <br />family residential lots on the property generally located west of Nowthen Blvd. and south of <br />Trot~ Brook. The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Sketch plan <br />c) City Staff review letter dated December .30, 2004 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No public hear:ng is required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However, the City Council <br />recently adopted a policy requiring .notification of a proPosed subdivision be sent out to residents <br />wirtmn 350 feet of '~he subject property during sketch plan submittal. Staff amempted to notify <br />property owners w/thin 700 feet of the subject property. <br /> <br />ObservatiOns: <br /> <br />Oakwood Land Development is proposing to create 235 urban_single-family lots on 179 acres <br />west of Nowrhen Blvd. and south of Trott Brook. The property is currently located in the R-1 <br />Rural Developing d/strict and the .minimum lot size is 2.5 acres. Development of the property <br />with urban services depends on the outcome of the current Comprehensive Plan amendment <br />being processed to consider extension of urban services to the north of the current Metropolitan <br />Urban Service Area boundary.. If the property is approved for development With urban services, <br />the net density, allowed under R-1 is three mnits per acre. The sketch plan reflects a =oross density <br />of 1.3 umts per acre.. All of the proposed lots appear to meet urban single-family s'tandards for <br />lot width, size, and frontage on a public road; net density and lot standards will be verified as a <br />part o£ the preliminary, plat review. <br /> <br />There are substantial wetlands on the .proposed plat that will need fo be delineated and <br />encumbered with drainage and utility easements on the preliminary and final plats. The grading <br />xnd drainage plan will have to be reviewed and approved by the Lower Rum River Water <br />Management Organization IL1LRWMO). Trott Brook is a designated tributary of the Rum River, <br />and is subject to Scenic River and Shoreland Management requirements, specifically a 100-foot <br />setback for all homes ~?om the OHW o£Trort Brook. Staffhas sent the skeich plan to ~he DNR. <br /> <br /> <br />