Agenda - Council - 06/27/2006 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Ms. Dalnes stated any road through a property will lower the developable area, but it is also required in City Code that there be a public street through ali developments. The Planning Commission liked the sketch plan that was brought forward, so staff moved forward with this application; there are actually 4 or 5 less units than the sketch plan called out due to the revision for the public road. Commissioner Levine expressed concern regarding the future road running through the adjacent properties, using up almost 1/3 ofbuildable property, Commissioner Van Scoy asked if there is a viable alternative for the road. He noted when this was reviewed by the Commission previously there was concern about the properties to the north. He questioned if the current accesses would be grandfathered in with the additional homes and traffic in this area. City Engineer Jankowski replied the County's position is that an existing access that may have just one unit, or in some cases no units, being served is not the same as an access being used by multiple units. The County's position has been that new development allows them a chance to review the accesses. Commissioner Van Scoy commemed he does not see the County determining that four accesses will be reasonable. He stated he shares the concerns about this whole area. He does not see an alternative to having a road go through the entire property however it is developed. He noted putting the road to the back of the lots would actually take up more space than putting the road along Nowthen Boulevard and sharing the right-of-way in order to minimize the impact on the properties. Commissioner Cleveland inquired if there was discussion regarding the ingress and egress when tiffs area was rezoned to R~2. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik replied the rezoning only addresses land use; minor streets like this would not be pre-established in the plan, Commissioner Brauer noted this area was rezoned to R-2 because Nowthen Boulevard is such a major street that single family homes on the street did not make sense. Commissioner Cleveland noted with the Commission's discussion of this sketch plan Commissioner Johnson commented that there were too many units, and there was concern regarding the size of the units. The Commission liked the concept of the land being developed. She indicated she does not think this development is the proper use of a PUD. Chairperson Nixt stated this is a challenging site. Even with medium density it does not assure this level of units if this is developed as R-2. He does not see how they can get 7, or even 5 units on this site. There is not an alternative to fie this into the other street unless there is a provision for an access along the back of the property that is nm to the property to the north and connected to 146th Avenue. He noted it must also be considered -229-