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H04-3027 June 21. 2004 Page 2 of 7 Background The City currcnlly is under a moratorium for any development of 2 units per acre or more. This project is 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 maximum 4.0 units per acre. 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 '/} unit per acre single family residential including 4 unit per acre towiihouse development. 'Hie applicant's plan proposes all single family lots ranging from S.8S5 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 the recommendation in the CMP regarding development of this site assumed concurrent development with the Dumas Apple Orchard property to the west. Relationship to Surrounding Development This property abuts Highway 12 to the north and Old Cr>stal Bay Road to the cast. An existing single family residence is located to the northeast comer of the proposed plat boundary’. Right-of-w’ay owned by the Minnesota Department of Transportation exists to the direct south which consists of the Highway 12 B>'pass cunently under construction. Abuning the subject property to the west is the Dumas Apple Orchard property comprising over 50 acres with ap|voximately 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 Conformity with Zoning District Lot Requirements The property is in the RR - IB. One Family Rural Residential District, which allows for single family residential uses with a minimum lot size of two dry buildablc acres. The applicant has proposed a plan following 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 Lay out and Lot Standards Currently, there arc two base lots, both in common ownership, which would be expected to be combined with the plat. The individ»ial lot lay out is shown in Exhibit D. The applicant has proposed 5 different building types illustrating how the lots would be developed. The building footprints range in size from 1,744 square feet to 1,964 square