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REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIt;W OF EVERGREEN POINT; <br />CASE OF EDINA DEVELOPMENT <br /> By: Patrick Trudgeon, Principal Planner <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Edina Development has applied for site plan re,Aew to develop 110 townhomes on the property <br />located west of I-Iighway #47 and north of Alpine Drive N.W. The following items.are enclosed: <br /> <br />a) Site.Location Map <br />b) Site Plan (Preliminary Plat) and Landscape Plan <br />c) Draft Planning Commission Minutes dated April 4, 2002 <br />d) City StaffReviewLetter dated April 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />Site Plans are not required to be subjected to a public hearing, however the proposed <br />development also requires a subdivision. Area property owners are aware of the proposed <br />development because of notices sent out for the prelim/nary plat public 'hearing, also to be <br />reviewed on May 2, 2002. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is approximately 24.11 acres in size. The property is currently completing the <br />process to be zoned R-3 Urban Residential, which allows for medium density residential <br />development at a density not to exceed 7 units per acre. The net density (subtracting Alpine <br />Drive and T.H. #47 road fight-of-ways and wetlands) is 6.8 units per acre. The proposed <br />townhomes consist of four and six unit structure~. <br /> <br />· In accordance with the newly adopted street policy for multiple residential developments and <br />suggestions from City Staff, Planning Commission and City Council, the units will receive access <br />from a combination of public streets and private driveway collectors. All of the driveways are at <br />least 25 feet in length and do not exceed the 20 foot width restriction at the street. City Code <br />requires a minimum of 280 off-street parking spaces and 439 are proposed within garages, <br />driveways and parking nodes. Cky code requires that garages be at least 240 Square feet in size. <br />The double garages proposed are 324 square feet and the single garages are 252 square feet. <br /> <br />Lot coverage is restricted to 35% and the coverage in the project is approximately 13°/'o. The <br />structures on private streets meet the 25 foot setback established in the new private street policy. <br />The structures on the public streets are also proposed to be set back 25 feet fi-om the back of curb <br />rather than 35 feet from the road right-of-way line. The applicant has applied for a variance to the <br />setback on the public streets. <br /> <br />187 <br /> <br /> <br />