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Memo to Mayor and City Council/Pt~u-13 <br />October 16, 2000 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />The 71-acre site is currently farmed and contains no structures. The property is <br />located south of the newly platted Windsor Park clustered subdivision and is on <br />the west side of County Road 1 at the 209th Street alignment. The topography of <br />the site is varied the northern end and central portion of the site being relatively <br />fiat and a 30 foot hill in the southern ¼ of the site. The northern and southern <br />portions of the site are wooded with the central portion of the site an open farm <br />field. There is also a small wetland located in the southeast corner of the site. <br /> <br />Surroundinq land Uses. <br /> <br />The land uses around the proposed subdivision include: Windsor Park, a 31 lot <br />clustered residential subdivision to the north, 2.5 acre single family residential to <br />the east across County Road I and on the northeast boundary of the site and the <br />St. Louis Park Gun Club to the south and west. <br /> <br />Densiti/ <br /> <br />Cluster subdivisions are allowed in the Rla zoning district if at least 50% of the <br />open space is permanently protected and if the septic system is clustered. The <br />base density of a cluster plat is based on the underlying zoning district density. <br />With 71.37 acres, the equation would be: (71.37 / 2.5 = 28.54 lots). An <br />automatic density bonus of 15% is given as an incentive to cluster and cover <br />some of the costs for the clustered septic system (28.54 x .15 = 4.28 lots). With <br />the septic system density bonus the developer can is allowed 33 lots (28.54 + <br />4.28 = 32.82, or 33 lots). <br /> <br />Addtional Density Bonuses <br /> <br />Additional density bonuses can be achieved by meeting several standards, worth <br />5% bonus each, up to a 40% maximum bonus above the base density of 28.54 <br />lots. In this case the developer has achieved the following additional bonuses: <br /> <br />10% extra open space 1.43 <br />Creating an endowment for the open space, 1.43 <br />Providing access by the general public to the trails 1.43 <br />Providing covenants to create an architectural theme 1.43 <br /> <br />5.72 Total bonus lots <br /> <br />Based on staff's Calculations the developer is allowed 39 lots for this project <br />(32.82 + 5.72 = 38.54, or 39 lots). <br /> <br />The developer is claiming an additional 5% bonus for the following standard: <br /> <br />S:~P LAN NIN G\SCO'I-ISP0013CC.DOC <br /> <br /> <br />