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5. 14. CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 05/13/2025 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Promote economic growth and development. Title: Adopt Resolution #25-098 Approving the Final Plat and Development Agreement for Riverstone South Sixth Addition (Project No. 24-127); Case of Pearson Properties of Ramsey, LLC Purpose/Background: The City has received a Land Use Application from Development Consulting Services, LLC, on behalf of their client, Pearson Properties of Ramsey, LLC (the "Applicant"), for consideration of a Final Plat for Riverstone South Sixth Addition, located south of Riverdale Drive and between Bowers Drive and Pearson Street (the "Subject Property"). Notification: Notification is not required. However, for the Preliminary Plat, Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property, as reflected in the Anoka County Property Records, of the Public Hearing held by the Planning Commission on January 23, 2025. A "proposed development" sign was also placed on the Subject Property in advance of the Public Hearing, and a notice was also published in the Anoka County Union Herald Newspaper. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: General Project Overview The Applicant is proposing a fourteen (14) lot, single-family residential development, similar to previous additions in Riverstone South. The Subject Property is approximately 6.2 acres in size and is located south of Riverdale Drive, between Bowers Drive and Pearson Street. The new lots will be accessed by the extension of 147th Avenue, which will terminate in a cul-de-sac just south of Riverdale Drive. All lots will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. The Final Plat also includes a long, narrow outlot abutting Riverdale Drive, which will be owned and maintained by the Riverstone South HOA. This outlot will include the continuation of a vinyl privacy fence and landscaping similar to the area east of Snowy Owl Street (earlier phases of Riverstone South) . Zoning and Land Guidance The Subject Property is zoned R-1B, which is a single-family zoning district that requires a minimum lot size of 6,500 square feet, a minimum lot width of sixty-five (65) feet, and a minimum road frontage of forty-five (45) feet. The parcels to the east are zoned R-1C (also a single-family residential zoning district allowing slightly smaller lots). The parcels to the west are zoned R-1A (the 'standard' single-family residential district, requiring a minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet and a minimum lot width of eighty [80] feet) and P (Parks and Open Space). The parcel north of Riverdale Drive is zoned B-2 Community Business. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan guides the Subject Property as Low Density Residential. In fact, all the surrounding parcels south of Riverdale Drive are guided Low Density Residential. The parcels north of Riverdale Drive are guided Commercial. Development in areas guided as Low Density Residential must develop with a density not less than 2.25 units per acre and not more than 4 units per acre. As proposed, the net density of this project is 2.25 units per acre. The Subject Property is within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) and, more specifically, it is within the Separated from River subdistrict. However, per the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) mapping tools, there are no native plant communities on the Subject Property nor does the Subject Property provide a connection to a regional park. Therefore, the dedication of open space (different from the standard park dedication requirements), as outlined in the MRCCA standards, does not apply. Staff sent the