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Councilmember Elvig noted the other option would be to step in and have the City help. If someone will not participate and overcharges or takes advantage of the situation he would feel compelled to step in at that point. Associate Planner Daines stated there has been a plan for all three of these properties; she has sat down with two of the three property owners with that plan and discussed it, and there was no interest in working together or bringing the prices so that one person could take it over. Her only concern is that this will get them nowhere, but they can come back in two weeks. Councilmember Strommen stressed that the key is if three of the three property owners work together. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Look, to table the request for final plat approval of GAD's Prairie. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilinembers Elvig, Look, Dehen, Jeffrey, Olson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Case #10: Request to Rezone from R-l Single Family Residential to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Bridgewater; Case of CBR Development Associate Planner Daines reviewed that on May 4, 2007, CBR Development submitted a rezoning application, in conjunction with a preliminary plat application to develop five single- family lots on the property located to the east of Nowthen Boulevard and north of Sunwood Drive. The applicant has requested a rezoning from R-1 Single Family Residential to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to accommodate five single-family lots on the subject property. The site is 1.5 net acres, and currently accommodates one, single-family farmhouse. The applicant is seeking to develop five lots, and does not meet the standards established in the R-1 District. Staff directed the applicant to seek a PUD rezoning as an alternative to multiple variances in order to accommodate five lots. Ms. Daines advised that the proposed lots meet the minimum lot size in terms of area. However, fo,ur of the five lots fail to meet lot width requirements due to the positioning of the lots on the cul-de-sac. Also, the proposed cul-de-sac does not meet the standard requirements for right-of-way radius, which is 60 feet. Third, the maximum density in the single-family residential district is three units per net acre, and this plat is proposing 3.3 units per acre. The size of the property limits the applicant from obtaining an exact three units per acre. The applicant is attempting to develop single-family, single-level living units, and is requesting these deviations in order to accommodate this style of housing. Mr. Daines advised the PUD standards are listed in the staff report. The PUD zoning option is designed to allow flexibility in land development to encourage housing affordability, new techniques in building design, efficient use of public infrastructure, energy conservation, preservation of desirable land characteristics, and/or mixed use development. The Planning Commission recommended adopting findings of fact favorable to the applicant and recommended approval of the PUD due to the access limitations, the size and shape constraints of the property, and the need to accommodate a 10-foot trail. However, they did not recommend approval of the development with an overage of density. In essence, the Commission was amenable to the idea of using a PUD because of the small size of the property and the shape, but did not see the PUD as an City Council / June 26, 2007 Page 21 of38