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WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. INC. <br />PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY <br />Total Site Area: <br />Total Units Proposed: <br />Gross Density: <br />Total Wetlands (2): <br />Net Upland Development Area: <br />Net Density: <br />9.9 acres <br />30 Tovvnhome Units <br />3.0 units/acre <br />2.2 acres <br />7.7 acres <br />3.9 units/acre <br />PROJECT PHASING <br />It is the intent of the developer to begin construction of the project in early 1998, and be <br />completed by the end of the 1999 construction season. <br />REQUESTED ACTION <br />The action requested is for approval to develop 30 attached townhome units as a PRD <br />within the e.xisting LR-lC-1 zoning district guidelines and the subdivision regulations of <br />the City of Orono. <br />PROJECT NARRATIVE <br />EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />The 9.9 acre site can be generally characterized as upland mixed oak/maple/bassvvood <br />woodlands to the north, and wetlands to the south. The two separate wetlands total 2.2 <br />acres in area. The southern wetland is a DNR protected cattail marsh. The northern <br />wetland was identified on site as a forested wetland which was probably connected to the <br />larger wetland area in the past. The remaining developable area of the property <br />(approximately the northern 2/3) totals 7.7 ac.-and lies beyond the shoreland impact <br />area of three bays of Lake Minnetonka. <br />ABUTTING LAND USES <br />Surrounding land uses include single family residential to the north and beyond the <br />Burlington Northern rail line; duplex residential development to the east; church property <br />across Highway 15 to the south; and an excavation/landscape operation to the west. <br />Slightly further to the west are commercial developments and a Hennipen County <br />maintenance facility. <br />ACCESS <br />Access to the property will come via the extension of Livingston Avenue from the east. <br />Thought the entire southern boundary of the site abuts Highway 1 5, existing wetlands and <br />sight distance preclude access from this collector roadway. <br />SOILS/SLOPES <br />Upland soils generally consist of loam and coarse loam of the Hayden soils series (0 - <br />24% slopes). These soils are generally acceptable for the types of development being <br />PROJECT NARRATIVE <br />LAKE MINNETONKA WOODS