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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson .Nixt, Commissioners. Watson, Johnson, Shepherd, and Van Scoy. Voting No: None;: Absent:' commissioner Brauer. Case #5 Request for Sketch Plan Approval of Ramsey Town Center 7th Addition; Case of Ramsey Town Ceater,!.LLC Asst. Community Development Director Frolik advised that Ramsey Town Center, LLC has submitted a sketch plan to,develoP 152 townh, omes on 12..6 acres contained in portions of Outlots U and B of Ramsey Town Center Additiom Shb indicated the Proposed development is loCated south of Bunker Lake Boulevard, east and west,of Rhinestone Street NW. Asst. Community Development DirectOr Frolik eXPlained the subject property is currently zoned Town Center-4b Neighborhood District. S~e indicated this district allows for residential uses at a net density of up to 15 units per acre. 8h~ stated the sketch plan shows a gross density of 12.6 units per acre. Asst. Community Development Director F~°lik stated the sketch plan shows '152 townhomes; 108 2-story units in 20 separate .buildings; and 44 back to back 2-story units in 7 separate buildings. Asst. Community Development Direct°r FrO1ik advised the sketch plan shows a combination of public and private streets. She stated it aPpe~s that there is some sort of landscaped median on the first east/west street south of Bunker Eake BouleVard and west of Rhinestone Street. She indicated this street must conform ito public ~treet standards. Asst. Community Development DirectOr Fr01ik' advised that the TC-4b District requires tWo off- street parking spaces for each unit,~and this ~te, qUir~ment.can be met with the driveways provided for each unit. She' noted~that ther~ are a coU'p!e iofparking nodes provided on the southerly block for overflow parking. She stated :since there is no parking on Bunker Lake Boulevard, Staff is suggesting that the plans be modified to inelude some overflow parking on the northerly blocks also. Asst. Community DevelOpment DirectOr Frolik stated City Staff recommends that the sketch plan be forwarded to City Council with a recommendation for approval. Chairperson Nixt noted that the density has not been pushed as far as it could. He stated he knows the intent is to encourage density in ~he Town Center area and asked how that would be accomplished. John Feges, Ramsey Town Center LLc, indicated they have been very conscious of density and hitting the targets of 2400 units in the TOwn Center area. He stated as you look at the entire area, it will get denser as it reaches the COre, .hoWever they need to provide a balance of housing styles. He indicated the goal is still 15 units per acre average over the entire project area. Planning Col m~lSSlOnfFebruary 3, 2005 p~ge 8 ~f 17