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<br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik replied the applicant is still in compliance with <br />three units per acre. He is asking for a PUD for flexibility in lot area and width in some cases in <br />order to get a reasonable number of lots, while preserving enough space as possible for the future <br />Public/Quasi-Public sites. The school site is barely minimal at what is being preserved now, and <br />the intention is to preserve as much land as possible for the school. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt inquired about the possibility of setting aside land for a park if the planned area <br />is not developed in a Public/Quasi-Public purpose. He expressed concern that if the site were not <br />to be utilized for a Public/Quasi-Public use, the logical use for the area would be commercial or <br />residential/mixed use. The site would then have already been approved with smaller lot sizes due <br />to the planned Public/Quasi-Public use. He stated he opposes pushing Helium Street through at <br />this time. He understands the motivating public reasons to do it, but is opposed to it. In general, <br />while he is not opposed to the plat he is opposed to the density, the size of the lots, and the PUD <br />aspect. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy inquired about the situation with the preexisting homes in the <br />Public/Quasi-Public area. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik replied the homes will remain and the three <br />separate homeowners will retain ownership. The back portion of the lots would be dedicated by <br />GM Homes for the Quasi-Public use. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy questioned if GM Homes has purchased these three parcels. <br /> <br />Gene Shellerud of GM Land Company replied he has control of the three parcels on the planned <br />Quasi-Public area, but will not actually purchase the parcels until the preliminary plat is approved <br />by the City Council. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy questioned if Mr. Shellerud will purchase the parcels and complete a <br />swap with the City, with the City having ownership of the parcels. <br /> <br />Mr. Shellerud replied that is correct. This would need to happen before the plat could be <br />recorded, so many simultaneous things would be worked on, and are being worked on at this <br />time. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt inquired how many lots would be eliminated if the zoning were to remain as <br />single family. He indicated given the reconfiguration presented earlier tonight in the southeast <br />corner of the plat he would have no problem finding a rational basis to approve those smaller lot <br />sizes, but that would be appropriate for a variance, not a PUD. <br /> <br />Mr. Shellerud explained less than half of the lots being proposed tonight are 70 feet wide, most <br />are 74 feet wide. The reason GM Homes has requested the 70 foot lots is because they have <br />made the commitment to staff and the City Council that the building pads would be 50 feet wide, <br />which gives them 10 feet of open space on each side of the homes. If the site remains under R-1 <br /> <br />Planning Commission/November 3, 2005 <br />Page 16 of 27 <br /> <br />