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CASE # REQUI~ST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; CASE OF NATIONAL GROWTH By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Dev. elopment Director Background: N~ttional Growth LLC has applied for a rezoning to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the property located north of Potassium Street and south of 157th Lane. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site Location Map b) Preliminary Plat c) Planning Commission meeting minutes dated April 7, 2005 d) Findings of Fact to deny (drafted by Planning Commission) e) City Council Findings of Fact f) Proposed Ordinance Notification: Property owners located within 700 feet were notified of the proposed rezoning. State law requires that the City notify property owners within 350 feet be notified. Obserwttions: The property is 10 acres in size, zoned R-1 Single Family Residential, and located within the City's Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA). The applicant submitted a preliminary plat and site plan that is proposing to develop 23 single unit detached townhomes. The City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan designates-this area for low density residential development not to exceed a net density of 3 units per acre or up to 4 units per net acre with the utilization of townhomcs and processed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The net density of the proposed subdivision is 3.3 units per acre. 'l'he applicant is requesting a PUD zoning in order to appropriately accommodate development along thc wetlands and to utilize detached townhomes on the subject property. The ['bllowing is a listing of deviations from City Code that the applicant is requesting to be considered as pall of the PUD request. 5'mai~er lo! xizes. Current regulations require single family lots to be at least 10,800 square l:ect in size. The development is proposing lots sizes of 3,600 square feet and 3,772 square l'eet.