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iiliniCTS OP THB PIANHING COMMISSION TING HELD AOGUST l5, 1988 PTOimg SUBDIVISIOH PROPOSAL CONTINUED Access could take place off of Brown Road or Pine Ridge Road» which is dedicated and paved right to the westerly property line. There is no public right-of-way on the north, but considerable access opportunity along Wayzata Boulevard where there is currently 3 curb cuts to the commercial area and one that services the farm house. Brown Road would be the major access opportunity to the site, back to Wayzata Boulevard and County Road 8. ^ A single family, detached sub-division, clustered around one cul de sac, with a design character unlike anything else in Orono is what Mr. Jarvis is currently suggesting. They are proposing cul de sacs with large islands, allowing the vegetation to remain undisturbed. There would be a large buffer area around the perimeter of the project to guarantee inperpetuity that there will be no disturbance within a minimum of 50* of their residence, which is over and above and anaddition to any setback standards that would be self-imposed or required in terms of Orono's standard setbacks as part of the zoning. They have discussed and concluded that they wanted to put in a Class 2, grass or wood chip, path that would link every single lot. It would be a jogging or walking trail. They would also like to put in a road system that would range from 24'to 26’ wide with trees as close to the back of the curb as possible to maintain the environment. In looking at design alternatives for the single family detached, they were very concerned about the frontage. It was recommended that they abandon any commercial or retail development, due to the degree of slope along Wayzata Boulevard and the character of the land adjacent to it. As an alternative, they would nestle a small multi-family structure in the woods. He showed the proposed 44-unit, two story structure. There would be an underground parking facility that could also accommodate guest parking and rental storage for boats to avoid any outside storage. There ./ould be a requirement for sanitary sewer and water availability would be necessary regardless of whether the land was utilized as commercial/retail or a multi-family structure. The site plan showed two outlines for proposals for sanitary sewer. One showed the code setbacks for the requested rezoning, which at this time is 35' in front, 35* in back, 10* on the two sides. They purposely wanted to be more limiting than that and stay with the larger 50* in the front, 50* in the back and 30* on either side. They wanted to investigate the impact of doing a traditional non-sewered, residential 2-acre lot development. He showed a typical 2-acre lot without sewer with the saune setback standards. The bottom line is that on 25 lots with City sewer the entire area of disturbance is approximately 175,000 s.f. However, 15 lots with septic systems and the same average house size and driveway length, would create an additional 83,000 s.f.