Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 02/08/2007

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need to be developed as a unit to deal with the ...traffic issues and the aspect of Nowthen Boulevard. Commissioner Brauer suggested tabling this application to allow staff and the landowners to -work together. Gary Stritesky, applicant, stated they have tried to accommodate everything possible. The plat has gone from 12 units to 9 units, and now to 7 units. They wanted to utilize a private road because they will lose just as much P mpf vors with this plat, bu theyha Pe done then amen. e Commission has .said the City is giv~.ng th Aaron Stritesky, applicant, stated the selling price of the other two landowners is not justifiable due to the considerable loss of land when the road goes through. Commissioner Brauer inquired about the prospect of something being worked out with the adjacent landowners. Mr. Aaron Stritesky replied this would not happen unless there is a drastic change. Mr. Gary Stritesky stated he has done research regarding safety with the cul-de-sac, and it could be accessed by emergency vehicles. Ponding is always an issue, and that has been worked out. He has been told ponds would not be required, but he was under the impression everything must be ponded with multi-family housing. City Engineer Jankowski advised water cannot be discharged without water quality treatment and volume constraints. Chairperson Nixt stated from his paint of view it would be difficult to approve this application. The public road is located adjacent to Nowthen Boulevard; without elevations that would show some boulevard tree plantings to separate the service road from Nowthen Boulevard;, the plat would include Nowthen Boulevard, a bituminous path, and a public road all in succession, which would not be an aesthetic setup. Mr. Gary Stritesky stated they could have proposed multi-unit structures, but they tried not to do that because there are already too many of those in the City. Because of the uniqueness of the property they wanted to give a unique, different product. He explained if the road is moved to the west it would eliminate the large bushes that are currently there. Mr. Aaron Stritesky stated they are trying to provide something new and different. He explained putting the road between the townhomes and CR 5 separates the townhomes from the county road. Commissioner Brauer stated there is currently not anything in City Code that permits detached townb.omes. He has been pointing this out for two years, and is beginning to Iose his patience. Staff can indicate that detached townhomes ds which es entiall~eyua~'eve~gthatfollow~the agreed to, when looking to the R-2 standar , detached townhomes do not even come close. In order to approve more detached townhomes in the City they need to be included in the Code. 19