Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/19/2005 - Special Meeting

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15153' Nowthen Boulevard NW · Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 City .Hall: (763) 427-1410 · Fax: (763) 427~5543 www. ci.ramsey.mn.us May I2, 2005 Bruce Nedegaard Ramsey TownCenter LLC 4200 Central Ave. N.E. Mirmeapois, MN 55421 Re: Preliminary Plat and Preliminary Site Plan Review: Symphony at Town Center Dear Bruce: We are in receipt of your preliminary plat and site plan to develop a plat within the Ramsey Town Center for 190 townhouse units (36 back-to-back and 154 row house). The "Symphony At Town Center Document Package, Preliminary Plat and Preliminary Engineering" submittal consists of 33 sheets prepared by URS and Landform, dated April 29, 2005. We offer the following comments: General: The Subject Property is located south of Bunker Lake Blvd., north of East Ramsey Parkway, on both sides of Rhinestone Street. A total of 20.95 acres are contained within the proposed plat. The development project consists of 14.4 acres of housing units, 2 acres of public road right-of, way, and two outlots totaling 4.5 acres. Zoning/Density: The project area is located in the TC-4 Neighborhood District, which is intended to include a full range of housing types. The majority of.the project area is in the Town Center 4b Sub-District (TC-4b), wh~ich allows for residential uses at a net density of up to 15 units per acre. The Preliminary Site Plan identifies a density Of 13.2 dwelling units per acre. It appears that the calculation excluded road right-of-way. The City's definition of density calculation does not exclude minor road right-of-way. Therefore, the density is determined to be 11.6 units per acre [190 units on 16.4 acres (20.9 acres minus 4.5 acres of outlots)]. The preliminary s!te plan should be revised accordingly. AS an observation, it is noted that the density at the time of sketch plan review was 12.6. units per acre. One of the directives coming out of the Planning Commission review of the sketch plan was that consideration should be given to increasing the density 'to ensure that the housing projections for Town Center are met. Subsequent to sketch plan, the plat has been revised to include additional acreage'and dwelling units. However, the overall density has not increased and it appears that it may have decreased from that shown on the sketch plan.