Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/13/2005

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is unable to ;rezone the potential commercial area to PUD since City Code requkes that a site plan be considered simultaneously. Once a proposal is bi:ought forward concerning the commercial area, the City will need to process a Comprehensive Plan Amendment and rezoning to facilitate the commercial development. The existing Comprehensive Plan shows expected land uses on thi~ property to be .Low, Medium, and High Residential Density. Below is a table showing the expected density'and the proposed density. Low Densi~ Up to 3.0 ~ffs por 2.75 uffits per ac~e' Residential acre/4' ~ts per acre with Medium Density Between 3.1 to 7.0 5.98 units per acre Residential ~ts per acre.... High Densi~ Be~een 7.1 to 1'5 12:6t units per , Residential u~ts per acre acre*** :'~: Net Density excludes wetlands and major road right 9'fways (s~'ate Aid Routes, County and State Roads). v* This calculation takes out wetlands, the 300-foot wid'e'MississipPi RiVer Bridge Coi'rid0r and the extension of Bunker Lake Blvd. *** The net area to be developed as part of this Plat tMt is zoned R-3 iHigh. Density Residential) is i5~856 aci-es~ Wetlands, major road right-of-way, and outlots have been excluded. Pulte Ilomes is proposing that th4 s'ubdivision be rezoned to'a Planned Un/t Devel0pm~nt (P~) ~.~-. due tO their desire to introduce neighborhood design elements 'as well as to make .up for the 10ss: .'. o f' nearly t4 acres being given t'o the City for the future Mississippi River Bridge crossing. Create' a unique neighborhood. The following is a listing Of City Code itemg that you 'are requesting'. permission tO deviate from ,via th'e PUD process Smaller lot sizes for urban single,family lots. Narrower lot widths for urban single-family lots. Ability to construct sinai1 lot single-family lots in Residential Narrower public road right-of-way than required. Four 12-unit townhome buildings (Lots 5-8, 'Block Medium Density Residential' are~-' guided as: Medium-. Density '. 7) in area previously zoned R-2 '- Reduced comer side-yard setbacks for two ( Lot 1, Bio~ck 3 and' Lot 5i Block 6). A.s part of the PUD rezoning request, a determination will be made whether these deviations l'rom Cky Code are acceptable. . · The grading, drainage, streets, and Utilities plan are generally acceptable subject to the comments ~:vntained in. the Staff Review Letter. 1 )cn.,;ity Transitioning will be requirbd along tile nor~h~'r~b~f'8i§t~iil Property line, wh/ch abuts ' properties currently zoned Rural Reserve.