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7. COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />7.01: Consider Sketch Plan for a Proposed Single Family Residential Development East of <br />Nowthen Boulevard and South of Brookside Elementary School (Project No. 23-111); <br />Case of Lennar <br />Presentation <br />Senior Planner Anderson presented the Staff Report stating that staff recommends that the <br />applicant proceed with developing the preliminary plat plan set. <br />Commission Business <br />Commissioner Van Scoy recognized the requirements from the Comprehensive Plan which would <br />be difficult to meet with the current standards. He asked why a minimum density of three units <br />per acre was selected for low density residential. <br />Senior Planner Anderson replied that designation of three to four units per acre has been in <br />previous iterations of the Comprehensive Plan and was not a new update in the most recent version <br />of the plan. <br />Councilmember Olson asked if the density requirement is an average throughout the city or <br />whether every neighborhood would have to comply. <br />Senior Planner Anderson replied that within the MUSA area, developments would need to fall into <br />that density range of three to four units per acre with an average of 3.5 units per acre across the <br />MUSA. <br />Commissioner Van Scoy asked if this requirement is a result of requirements related to the MUSA. <br />He commented that the research that he did shows that 3.5 units per acre is the average across the <br />entire zoning district and not each specific area. <br />Senior Planner Anderson confirmed that the requirement is related to the MUSA. <br />Commissioner Hunt asked how the average stands now, noting this proposed density of 3.1 units <br />per acre. <br />Senior Planner Anderson replied that the City is just below three units per acre on average across <br />the MUSA. <br />Commissioner Van Scoy asked if the MUSA requirement is related to specific zoning districts or <br />only residential. <br />Senior Planner Anderson replied that the City has a MUSA district that does include single-family <br />residential as well as townhomes and apartments which would be R-1, R-2 and R-3 as well as the <br />COR. <br />Planning Commission/ September 28, 2023 <br />Page 7 of 14 <br />