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• • • THURSDAY,DECEMBER 4, 1997 SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS C 5D • Woodburyanddevelopers cut deal to save oak trees JIM BROEDE STAFF WRITER bonus on the remaining 100 acres dard" in size, some as small as 50 produce." between the city and the develop- in the Puk Family Farm subdivi- feet wide. Single-family lots in the subdivi- ers. sion at Pioneer Drive and Lake But from the start, the city's sion will have an average width of "There was lots of give and I n fast-growing Woodbury, devel- Road. That clears the way for 221 planning staff and parks commis- 58 feet. -- take," he added, "and we came up opers could have decided to de- single-family homes and 234 town-. sion rallied behind the proposal, "Bigger lots, of course, would with' something that's a little bit stroy an oak stand to make way homes. and praised the developers for offer more private open space," out of the ordinary." for 300-plus single-family homes. : , "You might call it our first true willingness td provide almost four Jurgensen said. "But there's a Urban clusters are few and far It's perfectly legal under city zon- urban cluster," city associate limes the amount of parkland cus- trade-off. Owners of those smaller between in the Twin Cities area. ing. planner Marty Jurgensen said, tomarily required by the city. .,.._ lots are getting easy access to Instead a deal was worked out. "The '' "This isn't a new concept for and it might be used as a model planning commission's vi- public open space. Orrin Thompson Homes andcommunity," Orrin Thompson," Pritchardsaid. P for others to follow. We're putting sion of a preferable The developers also will set "We have built urban-densityclus- ters Homes will give to the city limits on urban sprawl and pre- Jurgensen said, "includes larger aside a private, 3-acre corridor tern in otherplaces, articlar) 57 acres - 37 percent of their serving an oak savanna all at the lot sizes to produce a more open running north-south through Puk particularly 157-acre tract - for a public same time." appearance around the structures. Family Farm, including trails con in Denver and Florida." park. Hundreds of oak trees, some The development met with op- The staff's vision encourages set- necting to the city's oak-tree park. Puk Family Farm prices are up to 150 years old, will be in the position last summer from the ting aside large amounts of public Bill Pritchard, a spokesman for expected to range from $80,000 to park. city's planning commission, pri- park and open space and allowing Orrin Thompson Homes, said he $105,000 for townhouses and The city,meanwhile, will grant marily out of concern that 96 per- buyer preferences to determine thinks everybody is coming out a $130,000 to $200,000 for single- ,about a 50 percent housing density cent of the lots were "substan- what size lots the markt should winner as a result of negotiations family homes. -7-- - C-f-eCt--Z-0 ' i ..• '' '77e, .&4--e- L./ 20.sd 1,4 6447.e_--0 ) 0:=V15(7 IC /4 _ / �, �J`es .��/ ...per ' Ge,- C27" , / / tZ "el---"Zej vi..-e-e-e.e.e..c-eci ,--?"S-2-‘. .e_..e.---.(--€.,,,, -ee ,2-P- --- o--e /moo