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Memo to Mayor and City Council/ZC 98-11 <br />December 21, 1998 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />townhouses. The current land use designation is MR (Medium Density <br />Residential) which allows for property to be developed at R3 density. The <br />applicant has not submitted plans for the townhouse development at this <br />time. <br /> <br />The property is rolling hills. The south portion of the property is wooded with <br />a small pond and associated wetland. The northern portion of the site is <br />cultivated cropland and the eastern portion of the site is mostly wooded with <br />some lowlands. There is a drainage ditch which cut diagonally across the <br />northeast corner of the site. The property is horseshoe shaped and it <br />surrounds 2 wooded single family lots. The single family lots are about 2 <br />acres in size. <br /> <br />Adiacent land uses and zoning <br /> <br />Adjacent land use designations include Medium Density Residential and <br />Light Industrial. The property to the west is Medium Density Residential, as <br />are the 2 single family lots. To the east and south is Light Industrial and <br />Medium Density Residential and to the north is Medium Density Residential. <br />Adjacent zoning districts include PUD on the west, Rlc on the north and I1 <br />and Rlc on the east. <br /> <br />Adjacent land uses include Barrington Place townhouses and single family <br />residences to the west, cropland to the north, Industrial Hardfacing and <br />farmland to the east. As part of the recently approved Trott Brook Farms <br />PUD, townhouses proposed along County Road 13 to the east of this site. <br /> <br />The proposed zoning would be compatible with the adjacent land uses and <br />zoning. <br /> <br />Access <br /> <br />Possible access to the site could be from County Road 13 on the east, the cul <br />de sac from Line Avenue on the north and from 6th Street on the west. The <br />proposed east Elk River collector (Tyler Street) is proposed to intersect with <br />County Road 13 near the eastern boundary of the property. <br /> <br />Utilities <br /> <br />The property is within the urban service area. Municipal sewer and water are <br />likely to be available through the Trott Brook Farms development. Once <br />services has been extended through that project up to County Road 13 they <br />will become available to this property. The applicant has discussed the <br />possibility of constructing a temporary lift station and connecting with <br /> <br />s:XplanningXscott\zc9811cc.doc <br /> <br /> <br />