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Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Pearson, to approve the preliminary site plan for the Village of Sunfish Lake contingent upon compliance with City staff review letter dated January 31, 2003, revised February 21, 2003. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Cook, Pearson, and Elvig. Voting No: Councilmembers Strommen, and Zimmerman. Abstained: Councilmember Kurak. Case #4: Request for Preliminary Plat Review of The Village of Sunfish Lake; Case of LTR Land Development, LLC Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that LTR Land Development, LLC has applied for preliminary plat review to subdivide the Kurak property south of Sunwood Drive between Potassium St. and 145th Lane. The property is 29.07 acres in size and currently is vacant and the applicant is proposing to develop 79 single family lots and 36 association maintained cottages for a total of 115 housing units. The applicant is proposing that the subdivision be processed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the list of Code items the developer is requesting permission to deviate from via the PUD process: · Smaller lot sizes for urban -single family lots. · Narrower lot widths for urban single-family lots. Lesser building setbacks than normal. · Narrower road right-of-way than required. · Narrower constructed street widths. Private streets through the association-maintained cottages. Mr. Trudgeon stated that a traffic impact analysis was prepared for this subdivision by Benshoof & Associates. The subdivision will generate 1,168 vehicle trips in a 24-hour period (584 entering and 584 exiting). The majority of these trips will be handled by Sunwood Drive going eastbound and westbound. The two connections to local streets (Tungsten Way and 146th Ave.) will see little traffic impact. The preliminary plat shows the connection of Tungsten Way from the Chestnut Hill subdivision. At their February 6, 2003 meeting, the Planning Commission recommended that the 146th Ave. connection shown on the plat be closed. Staff has reviewed this recommendation and feels strongly that this connection should remain. The submitted grading and drainage plan will need to be corrected as noted in the City Staff Review Letter. In regards to density transition requirements, the Developer is showing the use of landscape buffering to fulfill density transition requirements. As mentioned in the Staff Review Letter, the applicant will need to add some additional plantings to meet the required planting schedule. A tree preservation plan has been included as part of the preliminary plat submittal. Tree preservation areas are indicated on the plan and identify approximately 2.5 acres of trees being preserved, or about 30% of the existing tree cover. Above and beyond the trees that are slated for preservation, there is tremendous potential to preserve a number of young red and white oaks by relocating them with a tree spade. City Council/February 25, 2003 Page 11 of 18