01-22-2019 Planning Commission Packet

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(PROJECT TITLE) PROJECT NARRATIVE • Executive Summary- This sketch plan implements the land use direction and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan; all lots meet the area, set back and buffer requirements. In addition, with the implementation of the requested connections to City sanitary sewer and water in combination with the storm water management facilities and BMP's typically required with MCWD review and approval, the water quality of Long Lake, currently assigned a grade of D,will be measurably improved. • The Details- o Eric and Andrea Larson are requesting a review of a Sketch Plan for a residential development at 690 N. Brown Road, PID #3411823120007, a 24.37 acre parcel immediately adjacent to and with lake shore on Long Lake. The development objectives are to achieve a reasonable density given the site characteristics and achieve the highest and best use of the property. o The proposed Sketch Plan includes a total of 7 lots, 6 new lots (2 new lake shore)for single family homes, and 1 lake shore lot with an existing single family residence and one seasonal dock. The driveway for the existing residence will be removed and relocated to intersect the new roadway. o A single roadway access from Brown Road, aligned across from the entrance to the Sugarwoods development is proposed with a cu-de-sac This new roadway is proposed as a 7 ton, 24' width private road with an HOA responsible for snowplowing and maintenance; the HOA will also be responsible for the maintenance of the MCWD mandated storm water facilities on the project. o There are extensive wetlands on the property, which constitute 14.3% of the land area, not including the required buffers, and an unnamed water source in the north central part of the site. These have been delineated; the delineation was completed by Sambatek via their report dated July 7, 2016; the delineation is current. This report was submitted to MCWD for field verification and acceptance. This action was suspended and will be resumed with this application and field verified in the spring of 2019, when the growing season returns. o Sanitary sewer and water services are proposed as connections to the existing City utility services in Brown Road; this approach was selected due to the environmentally sensitive nature of the parcel and the adjacent lake, with a current lake quality grade of D. The grade differential will probably require a lift station with an emergency generator. Construction is planned for the early summer of 2019 with pads ready for home builders by August 2019. . o Park dedication is proposed as cash in lieu of land, one park dedication credit for the existing residence is requested. o Small utilities will be serviced by a joint trench using services now available on Brown Road, including three phase power for the lift station. o There are also woodlands in the SW and NE areas of the site; the tree preservation and Conservation Design report will address this site characteristic. o The total length of the shoreline, applying the LMCD definition of the line of contact of the body of water in the lake with the non-linear shoreline is 619+/-ft.; Lot 6 is 211+/-ft., Lot 5 is 206+/-ft., and Lot 4 is 202+/-ft. The two required shoreline distances for each lot, applying a linear point to point evaluation standard for an authorized dock for each lot are, 200 feet at the lake shore and 200 feet at the 75 foot setback from the lakeshore. These two requirements are met for new lots 5 and 6; for Lot 4 the 200' at the 75' setback is met and 92.5 % of the 200'requirement at the lakeshore is met (185'). This reduced length for lot 4 is due to the application of a linear evaluation requirement to a non-linear condition. Seasonal docks for all three lake lots are therefore justified.