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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Brauer, Cleveland, Hunt, . Levine, Trites Rolle, andVan Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. NOTE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES The following.Council minutes were noted: 1) City Council regular meeting minutes dated April 11, 2006 2) City Council regular meeting minutes dated April 25, 2006 PUBLIC HEARINGS/COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #1: Public Hearing - Request for Preliminary Plat and Preliminary Site Plan for GAD's Prairie; Case of Aaron Stritesky Construction Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:05 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearine: Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 7:05 p.m. Presentation . Associate Planner DaInes indicated Case Nos. 1 and 2 will be discussed together. She stated Aaron Stritesky submitted a preliminary plat application to develop 7 detached townhome units on the property located to the east of Nowthen Boulevard and north of Iodine Street N.W. The subject property is approximately 1.7 acres in size and is zoned R-2 Medium Density Residential, which allows up to 7 units per acre. The preliminary plat has been revised to indicate a public road through the property, and indicates the platting of 7 lots currently, with 2 additional lots to be platted when the property to the north develops and the temporary cul-de-sac can be converted to a through street. The property will require a rezoning to Planned Unit Development (PUD), as it does not conform to the setbacks established for the R-2 District. Ms. DaInes advised the plat . proposes access off of County Road 5 (Nowthen Boulevard). Helium Street is indicated as a public street, with a service road right-of-way of 45 feet instead of the typical 60 feet. The pavement width is proposed to be the standard 24 feet. Associate Planner DaInes indicated engineering comments regarding grading and drainage and streets have been provided tonight in memo form. The proposed plat does not indicate a sidewalk on Helium Street, and this is generally acceptable to staff due to the requirement to construct a bituminous trail along Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Building elevations have been submitted and are generally acceptable to staff. It appears that the units will meet the R-2: Me~ium De]1sity Residential architectural standards of natural stone and architectural elements.-: Ms. DaInes indicated Landscape and Tree Preservation Plans have been submitted. Staff is requesting that an . effort be made to satisfy the density transitioning requirements through the preservation of additional trees. -24- Planning Commission/June 1, 2006 Page 2 of 19