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mm Dahbtrom Development LLC M)2-2789/02-2840 *Stonebay* Final Development Plan Review October 18,2002 Page 8 To 4his end, applicants have formally requested that the preliminary plat for the entire development be approved, with final platting of the various phases to occur at the time of their development. The initial overall final plat would plat each Phase as a separate Outlet, with the final platting of Phases A-D withheld until they are ready to be developed. To effect this scenario, applicants request that the Effective Period of Preliminary Plat Approval be extended for up to five years. This is generally allowable under Orono Subdivision Code Section 11.10, Subd. 15. The benefits for the applicant are at least two-fold. First, no changes the City makes to the Comprehensive Plan or Zoning Code could impact the development ’s approval during the effective period of preliminary plat approval. Second, the properties would presumably continue to be assessed as outlets and open land rather than as building sites, until they arc actually platted. D.gvglOPment Fees; Effects of Phasing. Applicants have also formally requested that development fees be phased. In addition to the approximately $22,000 the applicant has paid to the City to date in application fees, certain development fees are required to be paid at the time of development. These include Park Dedication Fees, Sewer and Water Connection Charges, and Storm Water and Drainage Trunk Fees. Staffhas calculated an estimate of the expected development fees to be charged for this project, summarized as follows: Development Fees Summary Residential:Park Dedication Fee............................ Sanitary Sewer Connection Charge........ Municipal Water Connection Charge...... Storm Water & Drainage Trunk Fee....... Residential Total $ 546,000 221,046 365.432 235.600 $ 1,368.078 Commercial:Park Dedication Fee............................. Sanitary Sewer Connection Charge........ Municipal Water Connection Charge....... Storm Water & Drainage Trunk Fee........ Commercial Total $ 137,400 52,668 87,070 64.152 $ 341,290 A detailed analysis of the fee calculation methods was attached in the work session exhibits and IS available for review. The rationale for applicants phasing request is that the City does not incur the impacts of the development that generates those fees until the actual evelopment occurs. The City has not committed to phasing of the development fees as of this wnting; however, this is a matter for Council discussion. Note that while the park dedication fees are calculated on a unit basis, the sewer & water charges and the stormwater trunk charges are calculated on an acreage basis. If the Council agrees to the fee phasing request, the fees would be prorated based on number of units or number of acres within each phase. Kiil