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indicated that he would revise his plan to widen the driveway from 13 to 15 feet; but meeting the full 15-foot width requirement may be difficult because of the location of the drainfield. In addition, Mr. Johnson stated that he would be willing to have the other landowners in the PUD review his proposal for two separate driveways to serve the residence and the commercial structure. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the site plan with the driveway issues being a neighborhood covenants matter. Subsequent to the Planning Commission meeting, Mr. Johnson made a decision to eliminate the current direct access of his residential driveway onto 149"' Avenue and realign it to extend off the proposed commercial driveway on the east property line. The driveway plan for the subject property will then be in conformance with the neighborhood covenants. Councilmember Hendriksen disclosed that he has used Mr. Johnson for concrete work in the past and will do so in the future. Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to grant site plan approval to Mr. Johnson's site plan for Lot 7, Pineview Estates 2"d Addition, contingent upon compliance with City staff review letter dated March 1, 2001. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Kurak, Anderson, and Hendriksen. Voting No: None. Case #2: Request for Sketch Plan Review of Royal Oaks Property; Case of Royal Oaks Realty Community Development Director Frolik stated that Mike Black of Royal Oaks Realty has applied for sketch plan approval to develop 86.71 acres on the comer of Dysprosium Street and Nowthen Boulevard. Royal Oaks Realty is proposing to develop 71 single-family lots, 152 townhome units and 85 apartment units on this property. The property was removed from the development moratorium on February 16, 2001. The property is currently zoned R-l, Single Family and B-l, Business. The applicant will be asking for a rezoning of the property to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The draft Comprehensive Plan shows this area as being High Density Residential along Dysprosium Street, Medium Density Residential along Nowthen Boulevard and Low Density Residential on the western part of the property. The property contains 86.71 acres with 28.02 of these acres classified as wetlands. The sketch plan shows a gross density of 3.55 units per acre. When the wetlands are factored out, the net density for the whole development is 5.25 units per acre. The Planning Commission reviewed the concept plan at its March 6, 2001, meeting and recommended that the developer proceed to the preliminary plat stage and apply for a rezoning and site plan approval subject to City Council review. Mike Black, Royal Oaks Realty, stated that they have been before Planning Commission and Park Commission to review the sketch plan and are looking for input from the City Council. He explained that the site consists of 86 acres with 28 of those acres being wetland. They are proposing a mixed PUD development that would carefully consider the existing residential City Council/March 27, 2001 Page 5 of 22