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<br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To <br />Planning Commission <br />Item Number <br />7.1 <br />Agenda Section <br />Work Session <br />Meeting Date <br />May 22, 2018 <br />Prepared by <br />Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner <br />Item Description <br />Bill Christian – Monroe Street Parcel <br /> Concept Review for 25 single family homes on <br />1 acre sites <br /> Rezone to R1-b <br />Reviewed by <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Discuss the proposed concept plat and provide informal/non-binding feedback to the applicant. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />The subject parcel is located at the northeast corner of CR 121 (Brook Road) and Monroe Street and is <br />40 acres in size. The current zoning for the property is R1-a, which requires a minimum lot size of 2 ½ <br />acre, permitting approximately 16 single-family lots. <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing to rezone the parcel to R1-b which would allow 1 acre parcels without access <br />to sewer and water. Their request would permit approximately 25 one-plus acre single-family lots. <br /> <br />This parcel has a large wetland complex in the center and two smaller basins on both the west and east <br />sides. <br /> <br />Brook Road is a paved county road and Monroe Street is a city gravel road. The concept plat shows two <br />cul-de-sac streets. One street is off of Monroe Street and the other street is off of Brook Road. The <br />applicant has spoken with county on the access from Brook Road. <br /> <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Rural Residential <br />Rural Residential uses are guided to be developed as residential use in areas outside of the Urban Service <br />District (USD) that are not currently served by municipal sewer and water. The predominant land use in <br />this area is single family detached homes. Forms of detached single family units can be built in “cluster <br />subdivision”. Cluster subdivisions are development patterns that place housing closer together in order to <br />preserve greater areas of undeveloped land and to minimize the number of individual on-site septic <br />systems. <br /> <br />A gross density of 0.4 units per acre (1 unit per 2.5 acres) is the target density in the Rural Residential <br />area. Increases in density should be allowed for achieving certain public objectives such as preserving <br />natural features (which are not otherwise protected by ordinance), implementing the city’s trail and park <br />master plan (beyond the typical required park dedication), incorporating energy-saving building <br />techniques, or a combination of the above mentioned concepts.