Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/02/2002

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City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEy, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE: (763) 427-1410 FAX (763) 427-5543 TDO (763) 427-8591 April 24, 2002 John Peterson 'Oak-~ood Land Development 1611 Cry. Hwy. #10 N.E. Spring Lake Park, MN 55432 Re: Site Plan Review: Sunflower Ridge Dear John: We are in receipt of your proposed site plan for a town.home project on the north side of Alpine Drive N.W., west of T.H. #47. We have received a Site Plan dated April 2, 2002, prepared by Pass'e 'Engineering. We are also in receipt of a Preliminary Grading Plan, Preliminary Utilkies Plan, Landscape Plan and Building Elevations, also prepared.by Passe Engineering, dated April 2, 2002. We offer the following comments: 1. General: The site is approximately 18.6 acres in size and is.proposed to be developed with 126 for-sale townhomes. Zoning: The property is currently zoned a combination of B-1 and B-2 Business.. The- Applicant has requested that the Comprehensive Plan be amended to change the land use from Places to Shop to Medium Density Residential and that the property be rezoned to R-3 Urban Residential. The City Council and Metropolitan Council approved the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. A Planning Commission public hearing has been scheduled, for Tuesday, April 2, 2002 regarding, the proposed rezoning. Lot Coverage: L~t coverage (buildings) is. restriCted to 35%, which is 238,576 square feet. in this case. The proposed building coverage on the subject property is 123,274 square feet, which equates to approximately 15% lot coverage. Structure Setbacks' The current minimum setbacks in the R-3 Urban Residential District are 35 foot front yard (on public streets), 15 foot side yard, and 25 foot rear yard. The new private street policy establishes a 25 foot structure setback fi-om curb of private streets. Sunflower Ridge meets all of the minimum setbacks, in effect, 'except the 35 foot setback. from the right-of-way of public streets. The .applicant has applied for a 5 foot variance from public streets that will be presented to the Board of Adjustment on May 2nd also. Some of the developers have been able to voluntarily work with City Staff' to get closer to what will be required in the future with respect to a uniform Setback from plat boundaries i'ather than the current variable setbacks that .depend on the orientation of the buildings. The draft ordinance is proposing to establish a 30 foot structure setback from plat boundaries. 117