Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/03/2003

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I I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE #: ~ REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF TIGER MEADOWS CASE OF MONARCH HOMES By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Background: Monarch Homes has applied for sketch plan approval to develop property located east of Tiger Street and north of Armstrong Blvd. (County Road 83). The following items are enclosed for your information: a). Site location map b) Sketch plan c) City Staff review letter dated March 28, 2003 Notification: No public hearing is required at the sketch plan stage of a plat. However the City Council recently adopted a policy requiring notification of a proposed subdivision be sent out to residents within 350 feet of the subject property during sketch plan submittaI. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 350 feet of the subject property. Observations: Monarch Homes has a purchase agreement to develop Mr. Johnston's 36-acre parcel. The subject property is zoned R-1 Single Family and is located in the Rural Developing Area. The applicant is proposing to plat 11 new single-family rural lots and 1 existing homestead. The proposed lots meet or exceed the 2.5-acre minimum lot size requirement in the Rural Developing Area. Each lot will be served by an on-site septic system and private well. It would appear that all twelve lots meet the 200-feet of public street frontage requirement, however this will need to be verified during preliminary plat submittal. The property contains an existing homestead located on the proposed Lot 1, Block i3. The homestead must comply with the setbacks established in the R-1 district. The existing homestead also contains two accessory structures that appear to be located on the proposed Lot 2, Block 3. The developer has stated some interest in maintaining the accessory structures. City Code states new construction of accessory structures is not permitted on a property without first establishing a principal dwelling. It would seem that since the proposed development is a re-plat of an existing homestead, the Development Agreement could address conditions for allowing the accessory structures to be maintained on the property and provide a reasonable timeline for the establishment of a principal dwelling. The development is proposing to gain access from Tiger Street: The sketch plan is also providing for a future access to the north that will someday connect to the dead end road located in the existing Alicia Addition, an existing 14 rural lot residential development. This access will need to provide tbr a temporary cul-de-sac until such time as the property owner to the north decides to develop his 20-acre parcel .and extend Rabbit Street to the north. A third access is being shown in the southeastern comer of the project area for the purposes of connecting the 27