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CASE # <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF RIVER PARK; <br />CASE OF DALE WIRZ <br /> By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Dale Wirz has ,applied for a sketch plan review to subdivi'de a portion of his 37 acre <br />homestead and nursery located on the east side of T.H. #47, across the highway from Fox <br />Ridge at about the 171st grid line. The following items are enclosed: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br />e) <br />t) <br /> <br />Site location map <br />Proposed sketch plan <br />City Staff Review Letter dated January 30, 2003 <br />Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated February 6, 2003 <br />Letter from DNR dated February 24, 2003 <br />Cop3~ of City of Dayton Ordinance #2000-9 <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is zoned for single family residential uses and it is in the Rural Developing <br />District for which there is a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres. Mr. Wirz is proposing to <br />subdivide the eastern portion of his property into 16 urban-sized lots (10,800 square foot <br />minimum) that would be served by a communal septic system and well until sanitary sewer <br />and municipal water are available to the site. <br /> <br />Mr. Wirz' concept is to cluster the number of units that would be allowed with the 2.5 acre <br />standard by reducing the size of the lots to urban standards and congregating them. in one <br />small area of the property. Services would be provided with communal systems until city <br />sewer and water are available to the site. In the interim, Mr. Wirz would be able to realize a <br />return on his property equal to what he would gain if he subdivided into 2.5 acre lots, and at <br />the same time maintain some open space in which to continue his agricultural uses. When <br />City sewer and water did become available to the site, his intent would be to connect the <br />existing homes to the services and development the remainder of this property to its ultimate <br />density. <br /> <br />Under the 2.5 acre standard, a total of 15 lots would be allowed-on the property, including the <br />existing homestead. Mr. Wirz is currently proposing 17 lots, including the homestead. The <br />elimination of two lots is required, regardless if it is a straight 2.5 acre subdivision or a <br />cluster development. <br /> <br />In order for the City to be able to consider the proposed 'cluster' development, the developer <br />would either have to rezone the property to Planned Unit Development (PUD) or request an <br />amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinances to establish some <br />guidelines for cluster development. In reviewing the sketch plan, Mr. Wirz' plan does not <br />appear to meet the criteria for a PUD, especially the 20%. public or 50% private permanent <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br /> <br />