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CASE # ' <br /> <br />REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, <br />R-2 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, R-3 HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL <br /> TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; <br /> CASE OF PULTE HOMES OF M/NNESOTA, INC.. <br /> <br />By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />As part of the Summerset Meadows Preliminary Plat, Pulte HOmes has applied for a rezoning of <br />property located north of Highway # 10, west of Armstrong Blvd., and south of Alpine Drive. <br />F;om R- 1 Single Family Residential, R-2 Medium Density Residential, and R-3 High Density <br />Residential to P'larmed Unit Development (PUD). . <br /> <br />The following item~ are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site Location Map <br />b) Overall Site Plan <br />c) Map showing current Zoning Designations. <br />d) Proposed Findings of Fact <br />e) Proposed Ordinance <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />Pro?erry owners located within 700 feet were notified of the proposed rezoning. State law <br />rcquir(:s that the City notify property owners within 350 feet be notified. A public hearing was <br />held at tl~e October 6, 2005 Planning Commission meeting. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The preliminary plat covers an area of 187 acres. Pulte Homes is proposing to 'develop 606 <br />ho~sing un/ts on 136 acres of the site. As part of the plat, the developer is creating outtots that <br />may contain commercial development on 38.5 acres. They are also reserving a 300-foot wide <br />corridor needed for the future Mississippi River Bridge Crossing. This corridor is nearly 14 acres <br />in size. The residential portion of the development w/il consist of 154 smalMot single family <br />homes, 274 village row townhomes, and 178 court home (back-to-back) townhomes. The plat <br />r~lso dedicates 4.26 acres as a public park and creates a 2.23 acre home owners association park <br />that will contain a pool, tennis and basketball courts, and a clubhouse. <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing that the subdivision be rezoned to a Planned Unit Development <br />(Pr.ID) due to their desire to introduce neighborhood design elements as well as to make up for <br />th(: los:~ of nearly 14 acres being given to the City for the future Mississippi River Bridge <br /> <br />-185- <br /> <br /> <br />