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% % ■ V v) 5. 6. 1. The proposed plat includes six lots. All six lots will be served via a private road to be constructed by the Developer, extending northward along the west property boundary. Each of the 6 lots will have a driveway access from the private road, requiring no new driveway accesses onto Watertown Road. The revised proposal specifically eliminates a building lot at the southeast comer of the property, which would have required a new separate driveway access to Watertown Road, and which would have had the effect of severely interrupting the long natural views into the site as noted in the Rural Oasis study. The potential number of homes to be ultimately served by the private road is more than 6, because the road outlot will extend to the north property boundary to allow for future road connection for development of the property to the immediate north. It would be appropriate to consider whether limiting the paved road width to 24* (instead of the normally required 28 ’ for 7 or more homes) if it can be shown that existing trees that enhance the wooded backdrop can be preserved. The private road will be subject to homeowner association ownership and maintenance, and subject to an underlying Road, Drainage and Utility Easement to be granted to the City. Development as a PRD will allow the creation of an outlot between the wooded backdrop and Watertown Road, litis outlot may contain stormwater ponding to serve the development, and will be covered by a Conservation Easement as well as wetland preservation covenants and easements, wooded area preservation covenants, drainage easements, etc. The intent is to preserve the area of the outlot in as natural a condition as possible with no buildings, roads or other man-made intrusions other than stormwater ponding as necessary to serve the development. Development as a PRT> will allow for slightly smaller lot sizes than nornudly required, which is necessary to allow the relocation of the originally proposed building lot at the southeast comer 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-IB standard width. Each lot has a proposed building site meeting the RR-IB setback standards (SO* front and rear, 30’ sides). 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-IB standards. This is in part a result of the need to keep homn on the opposite lots in Block 2 above the steeper slopes to the east to die greatest extent possible, wdiich also results in the proposed road location. Due to the smaller lot areas, the three lots in Block 1 will be somewhat limited Page 3 of 13 I1 - -