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To: Chair Ressler and Planning Commission Members <br /> Dustin Rief, City Administrator <br /> From: Jeremy Barnhart, AICP �"lksHo0" <br /> Community Development Director <br /> Date: February 18, 2020 <br /> Subject: #LA19-000102, Kevin Clark o/b/o YMCA Greater Twin Cities, 135 <br /> Orono Orchard Road, <br /> Sketch Plan <br /> Application Summary: The applicant is requesting sketch plan review of a proposed 5 <br /> lot single family subdivision. <br /> Staff Recommendation: While no formal action is required, this memo will serve as a <br /> foundation for the Planning Commission's discussion with the applicants to bring to light <br /> potential issues to be addressed prior to submission of a formal Preliminary Plat <br /> application. <br /> Background <br /> The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities is owner of a 39.4 acre parcel at 135 Orono <br /> Orchard Road. The property is zoned RR-1B, One Family Rural Residential, requiring a <br /> minimum lot size of 2.0 dry buildable acres and 200' lot width. The property has been <br /> zoned for 2-acre lots since 1975, and is guided in the Orono Community Management <br /> Plan (CMP) for Rural Residential Use (1 unit per 2 acres). The property is improved <br /> with a single family home, located on the upland peninsula in the middle of the property. <br /> Must of the property is wetlands and steep slopes. Approximately 11 acres of the <br /> property is buildable. <br /> The YMCA proposed a sketch plan in 2017 (Case 17-3932); that plan proposed <br /> expansion of the Metropolitan Urban Service District(MUSA) and development for 15 <br /> single family homes, both requiring an amendment to the comprehensive plan. That <br /> project was not supported by the Planning Commission or City Council. <br /> The current proposal shows 5 single family residential lots on the property, based on the <br /> current zoning of RR-1B. The lots would be accessed via private road intersecting with <br /> Orono Orchard Road. The proposed road includes a cul de sac and is located within an <br /> outlot. The cul de sac length is approximately 700 feet, within the 1000 foot limit in the <br /> subdivision code. The cul de sac dimensions are consistent with the city code. <br /> Analysis <br /> The RR-1B zoning district requires lots to be 2.0 acres of dry buildable(land excluding <br /> drainageways, flowage areas, floodplains, wetlands, marshland or slopes of 18 percent <br /> or greater), and 200 feet in width. Lot width for non-lakeshore lots is measured parallel <br />