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28 <br /> <br />Backgroundl <br /> <br />CASE #:. q <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH 'PLadN APPROVAL OF <br />SHADE TREE COTTAGES; <br /> CASE OF SHADE TREE COMMUNITIES, LL'C <br /> By: Megan Waldl Associate Planner <br /> <br />Shade Tree. Communities, LLC applied for sketch plan review to create a residential ~.lanned <br />Unit Development '(PLFD) subdivision consisting of singl~ family and detached town_home un/ts <br />on the property, generally located west of Potassium Street and east of N0wthen Blvd. (Courtly <br />Road 5). <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Sket.ch plan <br />c) City StaffRe¥iew Le~er dated December'3.0, 2004 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No public hearing is. required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However, the City Council <br />adopted a policy requiring notification of a proposed subdivision be sent out to residents witt'dn <br />350 feet of the subject prope,wy during sketch plan submittal. Staff attempted to notify property <br />owners within 700 feet of the subject, property,. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The subject property, is 28 acres in size and zoned. R-I S~ngle Family. City Code restricts density <br />to three umts per acre or. up to four units per acre through a PUD. The sketch plan is proposing to <br />plat ~e properry into 10 single family lots and 28 detached townhome units for a density of 2.8 <br />units per acre. Single family lots are permitted within the R-1 D{strict and .townhome un/ts are <br />permitted through a PUD. The subject property will need to be rezoned to PUD and the required <br />rezoning application will need to be submitted in conjunction with the preliminary plat submittal. <br /> <br />All the proposed lots appear to meet urban single-family standards for lot width, size, and <br />· frontage on a public road. The prelimin~.ry plat will need to clearly identify, and comply with <br />these requirements. Ciw, Code requires all PUT) Subdivisions to be subject to site plan review. <br />Staff will refer to the standards established in the R-2 District when reviewing setback and <br />dimensional requirements on the site plan. The required site plan submittals should be Submitted <br />[n conjunction with the preliminary plat application. <br /> <br />The sketch plan is proposing to gain access fi.om Potassium Street and Radium Street. The <br />subdivision is comptying with City Code by connecting to Radium Street, which is located <br />within an existing residential neigt~b°rhood. The City, has also received' a sketch plan application <br />~br the deveiopmem of the property located to the east of the subject property; Rum River <br />.'Meadows. [t[s {mvortant to coordinate street ia?ur and connections between Shade Tree <br />Cottages. Rmn Kit, er Meadows. and d~e e;.zisring nezghborhooLi to tnt norm. tt ts staffs opinion <br />[hat the szreet favour should be revised to provide a more direct ¢,adium Street connection from <br /> <br /> <br />