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«04.3027 June 21,2004 Page 2 of 7 Background The City currently is under a moratorium for any development of 2 units per acre or more. This project <s being allowed to undergo the sketch plan process only. No formal application will be accepted until the moratorium has lifted. The Council has indicated that allowing this sketch plan to proceed through the process may help the City better understand what changes need to be made to the Zoning Ordinance to be prepared for this type of development. SKETCH PLAN REVIEW Conformity with 2000-2020 Orono Community Management Plan The property is guided for a mi.xture of urban single and multi-family residential uses at a density of 2-4 units per acre. This plan proposes the ma.\imum 4.0 units per acie. The property is located within the MUSA and is intended to be served with public sanitary .sewer and water. The CMP notes that the “Preferred Development Option” would be a mix of '/i unit per acre single family residential including 4 unit per acre townhousc development. The applicant's plan proposes all single family lots ranging from 5,855 to 14,922 square feet in size, where the average lot size is approximately 8,500 square feet or less than 1/5 of an acre. The plan as proposed does not meet the preferred development option noted in the CMP. It should be noted that tlie recommendation in the CMP regarding development of this "ite assumed eoncurrent development with the Dumas Apple Orchard property to iIk /est. Relationship to Surrounding Development This property abuts Highway 12 to the north and Old Crystal Bay Road to the east. An existing single family lesidencc is located to the northeast corner of the proposed plat boundary. Right-of-way owned by the Miimcsota Department of Transportation exists to the direct south which consists of the Highway 12 Bypass currently under construction. Abutting the subject property to the west is the Dumas Apple Orchard property comprising over 50 acres with approximately 1/3 of it consisting of wetland. This property is also guided for a mixture of urban single and multi-family residential uses at a density of 2-4 units per acre. Coiifoniiily with Zoning Di.strict Lot Requirements I he property is in the RR - 1B, One I'amily Rural Residential District, which allows for single family residential uses with a minimum lot size of two dry buildabie acres. The applicant has proposed a plan tollowing CMP recommendations at 4 units per acre, which would require that the property be rezoned. It is preferred that the property develop under a Planned Unit Development (PUD). Lot Layout and Lot Standards Currently, there are two base lots, both in common ownership, which would be expected to be combined with the plat. The individual lot lay out is shown in Exhibit D. The applicant iias proposed 5 different building types illustrating how the lots would be developed, llic building footprints range in size frrim 1,744 square feet to 1,964 square