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Item #01- Special Council Meeting - 01106114 <br />File #13-3638 & 13-3639 [Total Pages 99] <br />C. Consideration of Sketch Plan review — Review and Comment <br />C.1. The baseline plan prepared by the applicants included a standard <br />subdivision of the property into 2 acre lots. The street plan provided for <br />several access points onto neighboring roads, including North Arm Drive <br />and West Branch (County Road 151). <br />C.2. The first alternative plan, considered by the Planning Commission, utilized <br />an R -PUD approach with provided access to a central road, from which <br />several short spurs extended to clusters of 1 acre lots. The primary <br />feature of that design was retention of just under half of the gross land <br />area as common open space. While the Planning Commission gave an <br />informal endorsement to this idea, the City Council was less favorable. <br />C.3. The applicants have subsequently developed a second alternative which <br />is based on further site exploration and analysis. This plan was presented <br />to a group of neighbors at an open house on Thursday, December 19, <br />2013. The applicants' information identifies a series of areas that are <br />expected to be suitable for septic system locations, then creates a <br />subdivision of 2 acre lots that would have adequate are for primary and <br />secondary drainfields on each of the private parcels. <br />In this plan, a single entrance to the development is located on West <br />Branch, creating a full intersection with Forest Arms Lane. An emergency <br />access drive would be available to North Arm if needed. This plan shows <br />55 lots — staff would point out that no formal analysis of the sketch plan <br />has been done to document the applicants' claims — that would be a <br />function of Preliminary Plan review. <br />As before, comment only is required for Sketch Plan review. No subdivision approval is <br />given or implied, since the data for a subdivision only comes in fully with the Preliminary <br />Plat application. <br />Summary and Recommendations <br />The formal application for the City Council's consideration is action on the Planning <br />Commission's recommendation for a Comprehensive Plan amendment. Item 1 below <br />provides wording for the appropriate motion. <br />While this action moves the project forward in a specific way, there are still a number of <br />steps that would be necessary before the proposal is ready for consideration of final <br />5 <br />