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• • Townhouse elevations Overview The applicant is requesting to rezone 109 acres from R1e and R1c(Single Family Residential) to R3 (Townhouse District) and plat the 109 acres. The project will include a mix of single family lots (85 lots) and townhouse units (198 units) for a total of 283 units. Existing Conditions The 109 acre parcel is located on the east side of Twin Lakes Road north of Trott Brook farms at the Twin Lakes Road/Tyler Street intersection.The property is a mix of open fields and woodlands.About 37 acres of the parcel is wetland.The site is also hilly and is bounded by Trott Brook in the southeast. Adjacent land uses include single family residential to the south,farmland and Trott Brook to the east, Twin Lakes Road and single family lots to the west and north. Project Description The proposed project is a mix of 198 townhouses and 85 single family residences on 109 acres.The townhouses are a mix of 58 rambler style townhomes and 116 back-to-back units • in buildings with 6 or 8 units each.The single family lots are located in the southern portion of the plat, adjacent to Trott Brook Farms. The townhouses are located in the northern portion of the plat, adjacent to Twin Lakes Road. Three public streets and two cul de sacs are proposed. Street A will intersect with Twin Lakes Road and terminate in a cul de sac in the southeast corner of the project.Smith Street connects with Trott Brook Farms to the south and extends diagonally to the northeast corner of the project and Street B connects Smith Street with Street A and is parallel with the south boundary of the plat.Two private loop streets and private short dead end streets provide access to the townhouses. Analysis Rezoning Request The applicant is requesting a rezoning from Rle and R1c(Single Family Residential)to R3 (Townhome District) in order to allow this mixed residential project.The underlying land use designation for this property is MR(Medium Density Residential),which would allow up to 7.92 units per acre. The proposed project has a net density of about 3.9 units per acre, which is consistent with the underlying land use designation of Medium Density Residential. An option that the Commission should consider is rezoning only the townhouse portion of the project to R3 and leaving the proposed single family area as it is currently zoned,which IIIis R1c and Rle. If the whole 109 acres is rezoned to R3 and the developer decides not to