Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 08/11/2005

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CASE #: ]6;~ REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAxN REVIEW OF AMBER RIDGE 2m) ADDITION; CASE OF E&G DEVELOPMENT, LLC By: Sylvia Frolik, Asst. Community Dev, Director Background: Lawrence Olson of E&G Development has submitted a sketch plan to replat Outlot B, Amber Ridge into 5 single family urban lots and one outlot..The property is iocated on the'east side of'. T.H. #47, at the southerly terminus of Argon Street N.W. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site. location map b.) Sketch plan c) City St.affreview letter dated August 2, 2005 Notification: No public hearing is required at the-sketch plan stage of a plat. However, the .City Council adopted a policy requiring notification of a proposed subdivision.be sent out to residents within 350 feet of the subject property during sketch plan submittal. Staff attempted tc/notify property owners with/n 700 feet of the subject property. Observations: The subject property is 2.2 acres in size and'is bounded on the north and east by single'family Urban lots. The property' is zoned R-2. Medium Density R~sidential and single ~'ami!y homes are not a permitted use in this zoning district. The development of the pi~operty With single family homes will require a rezoning from R-2 Medium Density Residential to R-I MUSA. The rezoning requires art"amendment to the Comprehensix(e Plan to change the land use from medium density' residential to Iow density residential. Compliance with lot width, lot size, and setback requirements must be verified at the time of preliminary plat approval, The sketch plan proposes to extend the Argon Street cul-de-sac to provide public access to ~e lots. City Code restricts the length of dead-end streets to 600 'feet. Argon Street cul-de-sac is currently about 850 feet in' length. Adding to the length of the already over-extended cul-de-sac will require a variance.