02-13-2006 Council Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

8. Development as a PRD will allow for slightly smaller lot sizes than normally required, which is necessary to allow the relocation of the originally proposed building lot at the southeast corner of the site to a location behind the wooded backdrop. Each of the six lots will have a width of approximately 180' rather than the 200' RR-1B standard width. Each lot has a proposed building site meeting the RR-1B setback standards (50' front and rear, 30' sides). 9. Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 1 will have an average lot area of 1.4 acres rather than the 2.0 acres required under the RR-1B standards. This is in part a result of the need to keep homes on the opposite lots in Block 2 above the steeper slopes to the east to the greatest extent possible, which also results in the proposed road location. Due to the smaller lot areas, the three lots in Block 1 will be somewhat limited with regard to house location options, as well as in their ability to accommodate additional amenities such as outbuildings, pools, sport courts, etc. These three lots will be subject to special covenants that recognize and take special precautions to preserve the primary and future on-site sewage treatment sites. 10. Lots 1, 2 and 3, Blo:,�c 2 will have an average lot area of 2.3 acres of nan�v✓etland area. While these lots each have a proposed building site located at the minimum required front setback, steep slopes to the east of each homesite result in proposed grading that allows for walkouts but minimizes the ability for a relatively flat back yard. Lot 3 Block 2 should be subject to covenants that limit the grading, retaining wall heights and tree removal on these steep slopes in order to preserve the wooded backdrop as viewed from Watertown Road. 11. The Planning Commission has recommended that a conservation easement be dedicated over the easterly portions of Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 2, in order to preserve the wetland and wooded areas at the base of the long eastward slopes. This wooded wetland is part of a large 100-acre wetland complex lying northeasterly from the property. 12. Due to steep slopes and the proximity to wetlands, it is critical that as much stormwater and snowmelt runoff from the development as is feasible be discharged to the proposed stormwater quality pond to be located within Outlot B. This may require the use of curb and gutter and storm sewers, rather than a rural section, to efficiently collect road runoff. The use of curb and gutter and buried storm sewers may result in less disruption of existing vegetation, especially if this avoids cutting wide swaths through the wooded area to accominodate swales. Page 4 of 13