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?reh'minary Plat Review: Surnmerset Meadows '~ September 30, 2005, Revised October 2I, 2005 Poze 8 of 9 A :~v~sed landscaping plan must be submi~ed that addresses the above stated concerns. Tree Preservation Plan: A tree preservation plan has been submitted that identiEes existing tree cover and which trees will be removed, relocated, and preserved. Roughly ~bnv percent (40%) of the existing tree cover will remain., which does include trees being relocated on site. The tree preservation plan as submitted is acceptable. As was mentioned in the landscaping discussion, some of the'trees slated for relocation are tabbed as elms. If any are Siberian Elms, they should be removed, not relocated, as these are considered prohibited species for planting in the City of Ramsey. Tree save fencing is required around all trees or groups of trees to be preserved. The !ancin~ shall include, at a rain/mum, the entire area beneath the tree canopy, which is known as the critical root zone. No construction activity whatsoever may occur within the:~c areas. Moreover, no construction shall begin until this fencing has been installed and. approved by the City. Site Phm-General: Summerset Meadows proposes to create 154 small-lot single-family lots, 274 Village Row Homes, 178 Courthomes. The single-family lots will be located on an average of 61-foot wide lots. These lots will be located in two areas, one in the nor[i!~west part of the development and south of Alpine Drive. The second area of single- family lots will located in the center of the development, backing up t° the wetlands. It should be noted that it is the desire of the City that lots which back up to Metropolitan State. Aid (MSA) roads are required to have a' un/form fence along the property line. Th/s applies to Lots 1-7, Block 1 and Lot 16, Block 4. The [ownhome units will gain most of their access from private roads. The minimum standard private road width is 24' feet. Summerset Meadows meets this standard. Town.homes are required to have at least a 25' length driveway. All of the driveways will need to meet this standard. It should be noted that the R-2 Zoning District, a townhome building can contain a maximum of 10 units per building. Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, Block 7 contain i2-unit buildings. This deviation from code will be required to have approval as part of the ?LID request. Site Plan-Architecturah From the in_formation that you have sUpplied, it appears, that the town_home units will meet and exceed the architectural standards for town.homes. The units will have an exterior palette of six colors and will contain several desired ar.ci~itectural design elements (dormers, bay windows, shutters, and articulated facades). Th~-. units will have at least 14% coverage of brick/stone on the front elevations. Towni:ome standards dictate that at least .35% of the front elevations consist of. these ma[erial unless additional architectural elements and colors are used. The towrd2ome uni. t:~ qualify for this exemption since there will be at least five colors used on the e×~eriors and they will be using multiple desired architectural elements. -279-