5.7, 5.8, 5.9 PCSR 05-23-1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Memo to Planning Commission Page 3 May 23, 1995 • consistent with the comprehensive plan amendment expanding the urban service boundary. Preliminary Plat • General description - The property consists of approximately 120 acres and is accessed by two county roads. On the east Proctor Road, or County Road 77, and on the south, County Road 1. The preliminary plat also illustrates possible connections to adjacent property providing a complete transportation system. The proposed plat consists of 213 single family residential lots. The developer is also proposing to dedicate a large outlot on the north end of the plat as public open space. • Topography/Physical Features - The subject property has a tremendous amount of grade change naturally rising from south to the north. There is approximately 140 feet of grade change from the southwest corner of the plat towards the northeast. This grade change not only provides a lot of character and scenic beauty to the property, but provides some real challenges for development. Along with the dramatic change in grades, the property also has a wide • mixture of existing vegetation. The existing tree line essentially covers the north two-thirds of the development. Staff has had an opportunity to walk the entire property with the developer and Tim Edgeton, from the County Tree Board. Attached is a letter from Tim describing his observations as we walked through the development on that day. Generally speaking, the property has a wide mixture of oaks, birch, cherry, poplar and elm, with a wide variety of sizes and health conditions. Upon our investigation of this site, it was found that significant areas have been infected with oak wilt and would need to be controlled, cleared and re-forested. The preliminary plat design has tried to take into strong consideration the change in grades while preserving as many trees as possible. Granted this will be very difficult to accomplish, however, with a majority of the lots having a significant lot depth, rear yards will be basically untouched and preserved with the existing vegetation. • Roads - The proposed preliminary plat has two primary access points-- one off of County Road 1 from the south, and the second, from Proctor Road or County Road 77 from the east. It is anticipated that with the development of the 40 acres immediately to the southeast of the proposed • plat, an additional access point would be provided to this area which would line up with Highland Road. Staff believes the primary flow of s:planning:pc:P95-2