Agenda - Council Work Session - 06/17/2003

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outlot's designation in the Comprehensive Plan to medium density residential and rezone the property to R-2 Medium Density Residential. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning would allow the applicant to develop the outlot with, town_homes. The Planning Commission reviewed the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning request along with a preliminary plat and site plan for the development of the outlot, to be named Alpifle Acres 2nd Addition, on June 5, 2003. The Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning request cont'ingent upon the preliminary plat and site plan of Alpine Acres 2nd Addition being revised to include a maximum development of four townhomes units instead of the proposed six units on the subject outlot. The preliminary plat is showing a net density (exclusive of wetlands and major road right-of- way) of 6.3 units per acre, the proposed development complies with the R-2 maximum density restriction of 7 units per acre. The preliminary plat is providing for a combination of public and private streets through the development. The public spines that will service the townhome units are Sodium Street, 153'd Lane, Radium Street, and Tungsten Street. A drainage and grading plan has been submitted and detailed comments are provided in the staff review letter attached to this case. Staff has received a revised grading and drainage plan will hand out a revised review letter at the meeting. The project is also subject to the review and permitting process of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization (WMO) and MPCA. ' A traffic generation analysis was performed by James Johnson PE. The study states that for the intersections of Alpine Drive and;.. County Road 57, Alpine Drive and CSAH #5, and Alpine Drive and Highway #47 above acceptable levels of service will be maintained with the build-out of Alpine Acres subdivision. As mentioned in the City Staff Review Letter, the sanitary sewer trunk line will need to be extended to and through the development. The sewer and water trunk expenditures sign/ficantly exceed the revenues associate with this development. The Public Works Committee recommended to the City Council that the City participate in the cost of extending the sanitary and the City pay the difference between the previous trunk estimate (discussed as part of Villas at Meadow Point) and the current trunk estimate. The City Council will be review/ng the Public Works Committee recommendation at their June 10, 2003 meeting. The development is subject to density transitioning since it is located adjacent lo four existing single-family homes along the southwestern plat boundary line. The applicant i's proposing to satisfy density transitioning through the landscape buffer option, City Code requires a 25-foot wide buffer area along the common boundary line, which in this case is approximately t,000 feet in length. The development complies with density transitioning requirements in regard to the number and type of plantings required to meet the landscape buffer option.