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Memo to the Mayor and City Council/P96-13 Page 4 November 26, 1996 • Lafayette Woods which back up to this plat are a minimum of 160 feet, therefore, it would be recommended that the lots in Cherrywood Hills have a minimum of 160 feet of depth. This increased depth will also increase the area where trees can be saved. • Lot 24, Block 4 is a lot that will not have a lot of usable space once it is developed. Staff would recommend that this lot be eliminated and the area be incorporated into Lots 21, 22 and 23 of the same block. • Lot 16, Block 2 is an irregular shaped parcel primarily due to the location of the existing house. Not only is it irregularly shaped, the house will be left sitting on a knob overlooking all of the surrounding homes. Therefore, staff has recommended that consideration be given to relocating or reorienting this house so it will have a proper orientation towards the street and not be out of sync with the neighborhood. • Lot 16, Block 2 has a lot depth through the center of the lot of approximately 100 feet. Typically, a 10,000 square foot lot has a minimum lot depth of 125 feet. Furthermore, the 100 feet does not provide a lot of flexibility when you consider the 30 foot front yard building setback, 20 foot rear yard setback, and a 50 foot building pad, ID equaling 100 feet. This makes it difficult to provide any additions onto the home without infringing into the required setbacks. • Other lots with similar situations that are less than 125 feet in depth through the middle of the building pad include Lots 14, 15, and 16 of Block 3, and Lots 1, 2 and 5 of Block 4. • The rear portion of Lots 15 and 16 of Block 4 include a proposed sedimentation pond. The rear yards of these two lots basically do not have much of a flat area, rather, begin sloping down into the pond from behind the house pad. It is recommended that a flat usable area extending behind the back of the house pad to a lot depth of 125 feet be maintained before beginning the side slopes of the sedimentation pond. This will still allow full basement walkouts, however, will provide for some flat usable space in the rear yards. Some of the other lots that back up to the wetland complex have a similar situation to the two lots just described. It appears Lot 12, Block 4 extends into 193rd Avenue right of way. This should be adjusted. Grading A considerable amount of grading will be done on site given the rolling • topography. There is also proposed to be a lot of grading in the wooded area along the north portion of the plat. As proposed in the grading plan, it is s:\planning\pc\p96-13.doc