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REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT AND FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF <br />RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 8TM ADDITION; <br /> CASE OF RAMSEY TOWN CENTER LLC <br /> By: Amy Geisler, AICP, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Ramsey Town Center, LLC has submitted a final plat and site plan to develop 23 small-lot single- <br />lhmily homes on approximately 8.13 acres in Ramsey Town Center Addition. The proposed <br />dcve lopmc nt is located north of Bunker Lake Blvd and west of the extension of Town Center Drive. <br /> <br />Thc lbllowing items are enclosed for your review: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br />c) <br /> <br />h) <br />i) <br />J) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Composite Plan of RTC 8th, 9th, and 10th Additions <br />Site Plan <br />Final Plat <br />Grading Plan <br />Landscaping Plan <br />City Council meeting minutes dated June 28, 2005 <br />City Staff Review Letter dated July 22, 2005 <br />Engineering memo dated July 21, 2005 <br />Final plat resolution for approval <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />In accordance with City Code, residents within 700 feet were notified of the subject property were <br />noti fled o t' the preliminary plat public hearing. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Thc subject property is currently zoned Town Center-4a Neighborhood District (TC-4a). This district <br />allows for a mix of residential uses at a net density up to 10 units per acre. As submitted, the final plat <br />for the 8t}' Addition has a net density of 8.48 units per acre (this calculation includes the 46 townhome <br />units proposed around the perimeter of the single-family lots being platted). The overall site (including <br />thc 80~... 9th.~ and l0th Additions) has a net density of 4.75 units per acre (not including the park or <br />outlot). The City Council approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the land use <br />designation on this property from Low- and Medium-Density Residential on June 28, 2005; Staff has <br />sent thc Amendment to the Metropolitan Council for review and approval. <br /> <br />'{'he development is proposing small-lot single family homes. The Applicant has submitted <br />architectural elevations representative of what will be built in Ramsey Town Center 8th Addition. As <br />tla¢ singlc family units will have a wide variety of styles, it is not possible to review architectural <br />t:lcvations of every unit as part of the site plan. Each single-family unit will receive Staff review and <br />approval bcR>rc release of the building permit. It should be noted that the Town Center Development <br />(;uidelincs establish a brick enhancement threshold of 35% of the non-glazed area of the front facing <br />wall, unless thc building design is enhanced through other means such as covered porch areas, broken <br /> <br /> <br />