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••1/^. <br />Application Deadline:December 31,2000 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />CofjMr.ii <br />DEC I ' i!UUU <br />CITY Ur unufvO <br />DATE: December 8,2000 <br />(PITEM NO.: <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Paul Weinberger <br />Title Zoning Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: <br />Zoning District: <br />#2550 Charles Van Eeckhout <br />120 South Brown Road <br />Class III Subdivision <br />Conditional Use Permit for a PRD <br />RR-IB One Family Rura* Residential <br />Application: Seven lot Planned Residential Development of land located at 120 South Brown Road. <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A <br />B <br />C <br />D <br />E <br />F <br />TEP Panel Findings and Determination <br />Letter From Apple Glen Road Property Owner (August 21,2000) <br />Letter From John and Mary Dunn - adjacent property owners (September 23, 2000) <br />Plat Map <br />Proposed Lot Layout <br />September 7,2000 Staff Report <br />The City Council last reviewed this item on September 11,2000 and tabled the application citing two main <br />issues. The first issue was theMCWD acceptance of the wetland delineation report. A Technical Evaluation <br />Panel (TEP) consisting of representatives of the Hennepin Conservation District. Board of Water and Soil <br />Resources, and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District was assembled to complete a wetland determination <br />on t!ie property The TEP met on Mr. Van Eeckhout’s property on October 16, 2000 and has now made a <br />determination that the TEP approved the delineation as presented by Svobota Environmental Services. <br />The TEP findings are consistent with the applicant ’s drawings and delineation and result in a dry buildable <br />acreage of just over 14 acres. The lot is located in the RR-IB, two acre zoning district. The developer has <br />requested a CUP to allow the property to develop as a Planned Residential Development (PRD). A PRD <br />would allow the developer density credit for all dry buildable land on the property'. Under a PRD the <br />property could develop to a maximum of 7 units. The concept behind a PRD is to allow for an alternative <br />to standard minimum lot size subdivision, to enhance the appearance of neighborhoods through preservation <br />of natural open spaces and to provide cohesive structure to neighborhood design. The plan does protect a <br />generous amount of open space most notably the area south of the creek would be left natural and protected <br />with a conserv'ation easement. <br />The second major issue is access to the property. You may recall the original plan had requested access from <br />the west. The applicant has not successfully negotiated access from an adjacent property owner that would <br />have provided access for the new lots out to Brown Road. The developer amended the plan requesting access <br />to Apple Glen Road in the City of Long Lake. Apple Glen Road is the only diicet road access to the