Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/05/2002

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CAS~ #: ~ REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW OF R1W'EN~WICK 3m3 ~DITION CASE OF TURTLE MOON INC. By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Background: Turtle Moon Inc. has applied for prelimina~ plat review of a towntlome development. The property is generally located south of Riverdale Drive and north of the e,'dsting P, Svenwick urban residential development. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) b) c) Site location map Preliminary Plat City Staff Review Letter dated Augqast 30, 2002 No tificatio n: State statute requires notification of prel/minary plat public hearing to owners of Property located within 350 feet of the subject property. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 700 feet of the subject property,. Observations: The project area is approximately 19.46 acres in size. The mmximum net density established in the R-2 District is 7 units per acre. The preliminary, plat is proposing to-development 112 townhouse units. The development contains an MSA road and therefore net density for the project area is 16 acres. Net density for the proposed development is 7 units per acre; this complies with City Code. The development will be platted as a Common Interest Community: (CIC), which means the individual townhouse units will be platted at Anoka County when construction of the units has commenced. When the developer plats the indi¥idual units at Anoka County, they must conform to the approved preliminary plat and site planl The development is subject to site plan review for architectural standards,' landscaping, unit size, streets, and screening. As outlined in the preliminary plat, Outlot D and E of 1Livenwick, has been platted to represent the potential alignment of Riverdale Drive. The developer is proposing to shift the proposed Pdverdale Drive alignment to the north in order to provide a public street through the development. Property located south of Outlot E and D is zoned R-2, prope _r~-y located to the north is zoned B-1 Business. The proposed realigmnent of P,2verdale Drive to the north results in a small portion of the project area being zoned B-1 Business. The portion of the property zoned B~I Mil need to be rezoned to R-2 in order to facilitate the proposed townhouse development. The City has received a rezoning application and the Planmng Commission will be reviewing the rezoning request at their October meeting. The townhouse units will front onto private streets. The private streets will provide access to 138~ Avenue,~which provides access to Riverdale Drive. R_iverdale Drive is proposing to connect to Highway #10 and to Garnet Street. Connecting Riverdate Drive to Highway #10 will involve the resignalization of Highway #10 and Ramsey Blvd. intersection. In order to