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Memo to Planning Commission/P 00-13 Page 3 September 26,2000 • Re-using existing buildings and structures or preserving specific site Sfeatures inventoried by the County, City, or State Historic Preservation Office. The developer is claiming that by preserving trees they are meeting the above standard. Staff does not agree with this interpretation. The City, County or State Historic Preservation Office has identified nothing on this site as having historic preservation value. The City has not identified the tract of woods as a preservation landscape feature. The preservation of woodlands and other natural features is listed as a lot design guideline and should not be included as a density bonus. Layout Streets The main access into the project is from County Road 1. The main entrance into the development from County Road 1 is 209th Avenue. The intersection of 209th Avenue and Lander Street will be a traffic circle with a 15,000 square foot landscaped island. Traffic circulation should be one-way around the traffic circle. Internal connections will be made to the properties to the west and Windsor Park to the north. Lander Street will be extended south into the plat from Windsor Park and will be the main north/south street through the development. 210th Avenue • will be extended into the plat from the west and will connect with Lander Street. The plat includes 3 cul de sacs; each cul de sac will include a center landscaped island. All landscaped islands will be maintained homeowners association. Lots The developer is proposing 40 lots. The lots will range in size from 18,000 square feet to 29,000 square feet. The average lot size is 20,000 square feet. All of the lots, except for 2 lots on cul de sacs, have more than 90 feet of frontage. The two lots in the cul de sacs have lot frontages of 78 feet and 79 feet. The plat is designed in such a way that there is an opening to the open space at the end of each cul de sac. About 1/2 of the lots have direct access to the open space. Outlot A and Outlot B comprise most of the open space, Outlot C is the landscaped center of the traffic circle. Outlot A will contain the community septic system, a natural wetland feature. Lander Court was artificially raised above the surrounding grade in order to accommodate walk out lots. The building elevations on those lots are raised about 7 feet above the surrounding grade. In response to staffs comments, the elevations have been reduced by about 1 foot from previous plans. The developer has added some landscaping to help reduce the visual impact. S:\PLANN I NG\SCOTT\P0013R.DOC