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Memo to Mayor & City Council]P 01-03 May 21, 2001 Page 2 · Staff report to Park and Recreation Commission · Letter from Big Lake Township · Letter from Thomas and Yvonne Randall · Letter from Paul Krause · Letter from Kelly and Beverly Barry · Ordinance No. 01- Overview O March 19 the Council heard prehmlnary comments from the developer and several residents regarding this project. Minutes from that meeting are included. The applicant had requested that this application be postponed so that they could address drainage issues that were raised by the City Engineer. The plans include 163 townhouses, a revised grading and drainage plan and a revised landscape plan. The number of units has been reduced from 170 to 163 as a result of the revised grading and drainage plan. S & Z Investments is proposing to develop 38 acres into a 163 unit townhouse PUD. The property is bounded by Pinewoods Golf Course on the south, Big Lake Township of the west undeveloped property to the north and Waco Street on the east. The site is a mix up open fields adjacent to the golf course on the south 1/5 of the site. The remaining area is a mix of wetlands and woodlands. Approximately 5 acres is wetland, about 3.3 acres is open area and the remaining 33 acres is woodlands. There are no existing structures on the property. The site is within the urban service area and will be connected to municipal water and sewer. The properties to the west are in Big Lake Township and are rural single family lots with wells and septic systems. The 10 acres to the north is currently vacant; however; the owner of the property has presented concept plans for a townhouse development. There are 2 single family lots and a fairway for Pinewood Golf Course to the south. There are also a 2 single family lots abutting the project on the east, one is a ~ acre lot the other is a 4.5 acre lot. The applicant is requesting the zone change to PUD because the city does not have a specific zoning district that can accommodate today's townhouse developments. The R3 and R4 zoning districts, which are the only districts that allow townhouse developments, are setup to address infill townhouse development, not the larger townhouse communities that are being proposed today. Density There are 163 lots proposed on 33 buildable acres. The density of the project is 4.9 units per buildable acre. If the 33 buildable acres were to be developed with 11,000 square foot lots, they would be able to plat about 130 lots. For comparison, Trott Brook Farm townhouses (1st and 2na Additions) have a density of about 6.4 units/acre and Trott Brook Farm 5th Addition (southeast corner of project) has a S:\PLANNING\SCOTTXP0103CC.DOC