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CASE #: ~ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT; <br />CASE OF EIGHTY SEVEN LLC <br /> By: Sylvia Frolik, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Mark Strandlund of Eighty Seven LLC has applied for sketch plan review of a 47-unit townhome <br />development. The property is generally located in the southwest quadrant of T.H. #47 and 153rd <br />Avenue N.W. and the fee title owner is Blaine Edmundson. The following items are enclosed for <br />your review: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Sketch plan <br />Exhibit prepared by City Staff of proposed development and surrounding property <br />City Staff Review Letter dated November 28, 2001 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />A public hearing for subdivisions is not required until the preliminary plat stage; however, this <br />proposal also requires a comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning. Owners of property <br />within 350 feet of the subject property have received heating notices regarding the requests for a <br />comprehensive plan amendment and a rezoning, and are therefore aware of the proposed <br />development. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is currently zoned B-1 Business and the applicants have requested a rezoning to R- <br />3 Urban Residential which allows up to 7 units per acre. Rezoning the property from <br />commercial to medium density residential will also require an amendment to the current <br />Comprehensive Plan. It is noted that the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan shows this area <br />being designated for medium density residential. <br /> <br />The property is approximately 8.7 acres in size. The sketch plan is proposing 47 units, which <br />equates to a gross density of 5.4 units per acre. Net density is not expected to change <br />substantially from the gross density as there are no major roads proposed through the plat and <br />there do not appear to be any wetlands present on the property. <br /> <br />The sketch plan is proposing a north/south private dead-end street that exceeds the 600-foot <br />length restriction. City Staff is recommending that this street be a public street with the standard <br />60 feet of right-of-way and private drives extend off the public street to access the townhouse <br />units. The developer is advised to research the possibility of tying the public street into the <br />service road to the south. If this is not possible, a variance to the 600-foot dead end length <br />restriction will be required. <br /> <br /> <br />