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•R'v'B REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: November 23,2005 Item No.: Departroeot Approval: ^ Administrator Approval: Name: Michael P. Gaffit)n^«^|t^f^<>. Title: Planning Director Agenda Section: Zoning Item Deaeription:Request for Land Alteration Permit: James Property, 425 Old Crystal Bay Road North (SW Quadrant of Hwy 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road) List of Exhibits A - Location map B - Submitted Preliminary Berm Grading and Wetland Protection Plan Summary of Request Ames Construction on behalf of property owner Charlie James (representing Thomas L. James Realty LLLP) has approached the City requesting permits to allow site grading and stockpiling of fill on this 17-acre property at the southwest comer of Highway 12 and Old Crystal Bay Road. This site is guided in the 2000-2020 CMP for a mix of single and multi-family residential uses at a density of 2-4 units per acre. The property was the subject of a sketch plan review (#04-3027, Brenshell Homes) in 2004, although no developer has made any applications for development of the site at this time. Staff believes that due to the flat nature of this site, regardless of how the site eventually develops, fill will likely be needed at a minimum for building pad construction and for perimeter berming to meet Conservation Design goals. The property owner has been working with Ames Constmetion to procure fill from the Highway 12 Reroute project. The location of the property adjacent to the Highway 12 Corridor is a potential win-win-win for Ames, the property owner, and the City, in that Ames has a location to dispose of earth material that requires little or no trucking and saves costs and time; the property owner acquires fill that will likely be necessary for any future development of the property, at low cost or no cost; and the City foregoes the pleasure of having hundreds of dumptruck trips on its roadways on two occasions (i.e. hauling it out of the City now and hauling it into the James site in the future). Staging, Application Timing, Fill Availability The amount of earth movement proposed, in the range of 123,000 cubic yards in total, far exceeds the 500 cubic yard maximum allowed without a Conditional Use Permit. Applicants propose to do a two-step land alteration process: 1) strip 21,000 cubic yards of topsoil and stockpile it on the site during December, prior to freeze-up, and 2) haul in 102,000 cubic yards of fill material for perimeter berms and potential future development use (staff has indicated that fill to create walkout building pads might not be approved with any future development plan).