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-6- <br /> <br />CASE #: <br /> <br />RI;QUEST FOR SKETCH PLAN REVIEW OF <br />THE VILLAGE OF SUNFISH LAKE; <br />CASE OF LTR LAND DEXrELOPMENT, LLC <br />By: Principal Planner Patrick Trudgeon, AICP <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />LTR Land Development, LLC has applied for sketch plan review to plat the Thomas Kurak <br />property south of Sunwood Drive between Potassium St. and 145th Lane The submitted sketch <br />plan shows a total of 129 housing units on 29.08 acres. The following items are enclosed: <br /> <br />a) <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br /> <br />'Site location map <br />Sketch plan <br />Architectural elevations and floor plans of the proposed units. <br />City Staff.Review Letter dated December 27,2002 <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />No surrounding pr0pertles were notified of the sketch plan submittal. Notification will be <br />required for the preliminary plat public hearing. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The property is 29.08 acres in size and currently is vacant and used for agricultural purposes. The <br />applicant is proposing to develop 91 Single family lots and 38 association maintained cottages for <br />a total of 129 housing units. The'property is currently zoned R-1 Residential and is located in the <br />Metropolitan Urban Service Area. The City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan designates this area <br />for low density single family residential development not to exceed a net density of 3 units per <br />acre or up to 4 umts per net acre if townhomes are proposed as part of a Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD.). The gross density of the plat: appears to be 4.43 units per acre. There are <br />wetlands present on the property that will need to be factored out and a~ net density will be <br />determined at the time of preliminary plat review. <br /> <br />Since the net density of the development property exceeds the limit for the low density residential <br />designation, the applicant will-need a Comprehensive Plan. Amendment to change the land use <br />designation to Medium Density Residential (up to 7 units per net acre). The applicant has <br />indicated that they would first like to have the City review the sketch plan to give general <br />feedback on developing the4and before they move forward with the rest of the development. <br /> <br />The subdivision will be processed as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The applicant is <br />requesting the use of a PUD due to the unique nature of their development. They are proposing <br />smaller lots than typically required for the single family lots. They are' proposing lots as small as <br />5,500 square feet and lot widths as narrow as 50 feet. The current mimmum for urban single <br />family, lots are 10, 800 .square feet and lot widths of 80 feet. The applicant is also proposing to <br />have narrower right-of-ways (50 feet versus 60 feet) and the extensive use of private roads to <br />serve the 38 association maintained cottages. <br /> <br />The sketch plan identifies proper extension of public streets throughout the plat, providing <br />connection with streets previously constructed as part of the Chestnut Hills and Chestnut Ridge <br /> <br /> <br />