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Memo to Planning Commission/ZC 03-03,P 03-04 May 27,2003 Page 3 • Layout Streets The project will have a mix of private drives and public streets. The main streets through the project, 183rd Avenue,Yankton Street and Xerxes Street will be public. The dead end drives will be private.The private drives are proposed to be 20 feet wide; on street parking will not be allowed on the private drives.The drives will be owned and maintained by the homeowners association. The private drive located in the southeast corner of the project has more units on it than what the ordinance allows.The R3 District allows up to 12 units on a private dead end street;the plat has 18 units on this street.The original plat had this street as a public cul de sac,which would allow for the 18 units. The street was changed to a private street so that additional trees could be preserved and a wider buffer provided around the wetland. Staff is recommending that the Commission approve the additional 6 units on this private drive. The main access into the project is from Waco Street.The southerly east-west street, 183rd Avenue will be extended through the plat to connect Waco street with 183rd Avenue in Big Lake Township.Yankton Street will be constructed to the north boundary of the plat to allow for future extension to the property to the north.The private drives will provide access to most of the townhouse units. • Lots Single Family The 15 single family lots are located along the south side of 183rd Avenue and abut the Pinewoods Golf Course. The lots comply with the minimum lot size requirements of the R3 Zoning District.Thirteen of the fifteen lots are 12,000 sf. in size;the remaining two are 18,000 sf. and 15,000 sf. Townhomes The majority of the lots in this project are townhouse. The applicant is proposing 122 townhouse lots.Most of these lots will be located with access from private drives.All of the lots will have shared driveways.The lots comply with the dimensional requirements of the R3 Zoning District. The applicant has not decided on the final designs of the townhouses.Townhouses are a permitted use in the R3 district subject to compliance with the R3 design standards. The final designs will be reviewed by staff for to ensure that they comply with the R3 design standards. Parking • S:\PLANNING\Case Files\2003\P 03-04 West Oaks\pc memo 5-27.doc