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CASE #: <br />REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT AND PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN <br />APPROVAL OF SKYLINE POINTE; <br />CASE OF MN SKYLINE PARTNERS, LLC <br />By: Breanne Dalnes, Associate Planner <br />Background: <br />Minnesota Skyline Partners has submitted a preliminary plat and site plan application to develop <br />52 units on the property generally located on the southwest corner of Alpine Drive and County <br />Road 5 ( Nowthen Boulevard). The following items are enclosed for your information: <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Previous renditions of preliminary plans <br />c) Revised Preliminary Plat Sheet <br />d) Revised Site Plan <br />e) Revised Landscape and Tree Preservation Plans <br />f) Site and Building Elevations <br />g) Minutes from Planning Commission meeting on February 2, 2006 <br />h) Minutes from City. Council worksession meeting on March 12, 2006 <br />i) Minutes from the Planning Commission public hearing on July 1, 2006 <br />j) Letters from concerned residents <br />k) City Staff review letter dated June 30, 2006, revised August 4, 2006 <br />Notification: <br />A public hearing was conducted for the proposed preliminary plat at the Planning Commission <br />meeting on July 10, 2006. <br />Observations: <br />The revised preliminary plat and site plan propose to develop 18 bungalow- style, detached <br />townhomes and 34 attached townhomes on the property located southwest of the corner of <br />Alpine Drive and Nowthen Boulevard. The property is currently zoned R -1 Single- Family <br />Residential and is guided as Low Density Residential by the Comprehensive Plan. The applicants <br />are seeking a comprehensive plan amendment to re -guide the land as medium density residential <br />in order to accommodate the density that is proposed. The applicants are also seeking to rezoning <br />to Planned- Unit - Development to provide a mix of detached bungalow homes and attached <br />townhomes. These items are discussed in respective cases. <br />Skyline Pointe proposes to develop approximately 17 acres on the southwest corner of Alpine <br />Drive and County Road 5 (Nowthen Boulevard), of which 6 acres are wetland. This wetland has <br />been delineated and buffered in accordance with City Code requirements. On the remaining 11 <br />acres, the applicants propose to develop a total of 52 units for a total density of,4.72 units per <br />acre. This density has been decreased from the sketch plan that showed 6.5 units per acre, and <br />from the 5.2 density that was proposed at the Planning Commission, but will still require a land <br />-225- <br />