Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/20/2003 - Special

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Site Plan Review: Alpine Acres May i6, 2003 Page 2 of' 6 way) of the development is 32.4 acres in size, which results in a net density of 6.3 units per acre. The proposed development complies With City Code. Streets: The townhouse development is providing for a combination of public and private streets. The proposed public streets through the development are Sodium Street, 153rd Lane, Radium Street, and Tungsten Street. It is staff's opinion that the private street along the southwestern portion of the development would better serve the townhouse devel'opment as a public street, especially considering Alpine Acres 2nd Addition will gain.it's access from this street. The site plan should be revised to provide for the recommended public street. The table below indicates City Code requirements for private street Iengths: I I I I .I I I Maximum private street length without a 200 feet turnaround provided Maximum private street length with a turning 300 feet provision provided Maximum private street length with a cul~de- 600 feet, when exceeding the 300 foot length sac provided requirement, the private street width must be 32 feet. I I I The private streets comply with City Code requirements. Townhouse Size: The site plan is proposing eight, six, four, and three unit buildings. City Code requires townhouse units to be a certain size based on the number of bedrooms the unit will have: 1 bedroom 700 s. qu.are feet 2_ bedroom 800 square feet 3 bedroom 960 square feet The site plan is proposing the following town.house sizes: 3-plex 4-plex 6-plex 8-plex 1,460 1,460 1,390 (unit A) _. 1,390 (unit A) 1,560 (unit B) 1,530 (unit B) I I I I I 42 The townhouse unit sizes significantly exceed City Code requirements. I I I I