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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />COUNCIL MEETING <br />NOV 282005 <br />Date: NovembQifl^oMMONO <br />Item No.: (g <br />Deportmcat Approval <br />Nobm: Michael P. Gaffro <br />Title: Planning Director <br />Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Descriptioii:Request for Land Alteration Permit: <br />James Property, 425 Old Crystal Bay Road North <br />(SW Quadrant of Hwy 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road) <br />Lbt of Exhibits <br />A - Location map <br />B - Submitted Preliminaiy Berm Grading and Wetland Protection Plan <br />Snmmary of Request <br />Ames Construction on behalf of property owner Charlie James (representing Thomas L. James <br />Realty LLLP) has tfiproached the City requesting permits to allow site grading and stockpiling <br />of fill on this 17-acre property at the southwest comer of Highway i 2 and Old Crystal Buy Road. <br />This site is guided in the 2000-2020 CMP for a mix of single and multi-family residential uses at <br />a density of 2-4 units per acre. The property was the subject of a sketch plan review (/^04-3027, <br />Brenshell Homes) in 2004, although no developer has made any tq>plications for development of <br />the site at this time. <br />Staff believes that due to the flat nature of this site, regardless of how the site eventually <br />develops, fill will likely be needed at a minimum for building pad construction and for perimeter <br />beiming to meet (Conservation Design goals. <br />The property owner has been working with Ames Construction to procure fill from the Highway <br />12 Reroute project. The location of the property adjacent to the Highway 12 Corridor is a <br />potential win-win-win for Ames, the property owner, and the City, in that Ames has a location to <br />dispose of earth material that requires little or no trucking and saves costs and time; the property <br />owner acquires fill that will likely be necessary for any future development of the property, at <br />low cost or no cost; and the City foregoes the pleasure of having hundreds of dumptruck trips on <br />its roadways on two occasions (i.e. hauling it out of the City now and hauling it into the James <br />site in the future). <br />Slaghif, ApphcaliM Tiain. FiU AvailabiUty <br />The amount of earth movement proposed, in the range of 123,(X)0 cubic yards in total, far <br />exceeds the 500 cubic yard maximum allowed without a Conditional Use Permit. Applicants <br />propose to do a two-step land alteration process: 1) strip 21,000 cubic yards of topsoil and <br />stockpile it on the site during December, priew to freeze-up, and 2) haul in 102,000 cubic yards of <br />fill material for perimeter berms and potential future development use (staff has indicated that fill <br />to create walkout building pads might not be approved with any future development plan).