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The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional service, and community <br />engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br />To <br />Planning Commission <br />Item Number <br />4.1 <br /> <br />Meeting Date <br />August 26, 2025 <br />Prepared By <br />Zack Carlton, Community Development Director <br /> <br />Item Description <br />Pat Briggs Planned Unit Development (PUD): Two <br />79-unit Apartment Buildings, Land Use Amendment, <br />Zone Change, and Ordinance Amendment - 17379 <br />Twin Lakes Rd NW <br />Reviewed by <br />Chris Leeseberg <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the proposed land use amendment, changing the Comprehensive Plan <br />guidance from Mixed Residential to Multifamily. <br /> <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the proposed zone change, changing the zoning from FAST (D) to <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD) subject to council approval of the associated land use amendment (LU 25- <br />02) and ordinance amendment (OA 25-08) establishing the PUD standards. <br /> <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of an ordinance outlining the development standards for a residential <br />Planned Unit Development, subject to the following conditions. <br />1. City Council approval of zone change (ZC 25- 02) <br />2. Address all comments noted in the comment letter dated August 20, 2025. <br />3. Submit full landscape plans demonstrating compliance with city codes. <br />4. Staff approval of all submitted plans (site, engineering, architectural, etc.) <br />5. The applicant must prepare and record a perpetual ingress/egress easement to the benefit of the two <br />single-family homes east of the subject site. This easement must also include all necessary utility access rights <br />for both of these parcels. <br /> <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />The applicant, Pat Briggs, has requested approval of a series of applications to support the development of a <br />multifamily project consisting of two 79-unit apartment buildings. Proposed as a PUD, the project requires <br />approval of a land use amendment to update the guidance for the property from Mixed Residential to <br />Multifamily, a zone change updating the zoning of the property to PUD, and an ordinance amendment <br />establishing the PUD standards and memorializing the project within the city code. <br /> <br />Site Plan <br />Plans show two 4-story apartment buildings with associated parking and stormwater features. The one <br />driveway accesses Twin Lakes Road and also serves as an access point for the two existing single-family <br />homes east of the subject site. A condition that the access rights for the two parcels to the east be <br />memorialized in a perpetual ingress/egress easement is included. <br />Page 6 of 86