Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/06/2003

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I I I I I I I Commissioner Brauer asked if it needed to preservation plan and landscape plan. be contingent with staff reviewing the tree Principal Planner Trudgeon indicated that Was in the City Staff letter, and did not need to be an add, on. . Motion Carried. Voting .Yes: Chairperson. Nixt, commissioners jOhnson,' Brauer, Reeve, Shepherd and Van Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Commissioner WatsOn abstained. Case #6 Request for Sketch Plan Review of RiVer. Park; Case of Dale Wirz Presentation : Associate Planner Wal.d explained that Dale-Wirz has applied' for a sketch plan review to subdivide a portion of his 37 acre homestead and nursery located on the east side of T.H. #47, across: ~~~_d~J/~~~perty is zoned br single family residential use and it is in the rural Developing District for whic~ere, is a min~ aum lot size of 2.5 acres. Mr. Wirz is proposing to subdivide the eastern portio~a_~ of his prope~ y into 16 urban-sized lots, with a 10,800 square foot minimum., S~he. ?~vised ~at Mrj Wirz'~:onee~i,~,m~.l~stem*.k~er of units ~t woul~l~ ~~~cre ~andard by re~cing~iz~e 1~~ standar~d con~ting-~e~-in~ srr~all a~a. She · .: ~7 _ --- ~ '- ~ ~. ~ ~ . -~-:~ ~ ~ state~ser~i~woul~ ~d~th co~l system,. _u~g_fi mty s~r and v~_ter' are expla~ted th~'~ ord~,~r ~~ abl~er th~p&ed' clus~evelopm.~__ent, the ' devel~er m~d~e~ ha~e~z~~pe~l~nit Dev~t or re,est an amen~ent to the' Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinances to establish some ~elines for cl~ter development. In reviewing the sketch plan, Mr. Wirz' plan does not appear~o meet the c~eria for a PUD, especially the 2p percent public or 50' percent private perman~t open space ~~~~:~~~oning Ordinances to establish guidelines for cluster developments, could, take months to accomplish. She stated that Mr. Wirz' plat is also located in the Rum River Scenic Overlay District and the. PUD or cluster development would require DNR's approval. She reiterated that as outlined in the City Staff Review Letter, the design of the communal services would have to comply with. Minnesota Rules and a maintenance schedule would be required. She indicated that if the plat- goes forward as proposed, density transitioning would be required on the north and south' common 'property.lines with adjacent properties.. City Code reqUires a 45-foot wide corridor with numerous tree plantings. She indicated it appears that' the plat would have. to be redesigned to accommodate the 45-foot wide density transition corridor; ASsociate Planner Wald stated that. Mr.. Wirz' plan does not meet the PUD criteria and the City does not have any provisions in .the Comprehensive Plan or Zoning Ordinances for cluster developments, therefore} .city Staff-- recommends that the sketch plan be denied. She added that the developer should be advised to either reconfigure the plat to comply with the' 2.5 acre lot Size requirement, or sUbmit an application for staff to begin drafting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinances to address cluster developments. Planning Commission/February 6, 2003 Page 22 of 26 2.0