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^O:Mayor Grabek <br />Orono Council Members <br />Planning Commission Chairman Kelley <br />Planning Commission Members <br />City Administrator Bernhardson <br />FROM:Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administrator <br />DATE:April 16, 1987 <br />SUBJ:#1136 Richard Hassel, 840 Hunt Farm Road <br />Subdivision - Replat - Class # <br />Purpose of replat is to redesignate Outlet D, Huntington Farm as <br />a buildable pad within the existing PRD of 9 units. <br />Pertinent Sections of the Code ~ 10.32 PRD <br />Chapter 11 - Def.66(G) <br />Idst of Exhibits - <br />A - Application <br />B - Resolution 2029 <br />C - Plat Map <br />D - Plat of Huntington Farm <br />Review of Application - <br />In August of 1986, Council approved the final plat of Huntington <br />Farm (formerly reviewed under the name Plentywood). The <br />preliminary subdivision was filed in 1984 by Craig Winters and <br />the review of the preliminary plat was prolonged by problems <br />resulting from the Painters Creek Watershed project that <br />redirected the flow of drainage or rather intensity of drainage <br />to the wetland area within the subject pro-^erty. Everything was <br />blamed on the original engineering of the neighborhood beavers. <br />Beavers had created dams in the upland waterways that caused <br />flooding of the low retention areas within the subject property. <br />The current applicant and owner has not attempted to reclassify <br />low land areas. <br />The rural PRD is a unique phenomena in Orono. It is staff's <br />understanding that most Cities' codes allow PRD development only <br />with municipal services. Orono allows PRD's as long as tht <br />overall dry buildable standards for total units of the specific <br />zoning district are maintained as well as septic (primary and <br />alternate sites). The applicant must first prove that there are <br />unique or limiting physical features with the land that strongly <br />suggests a need to cluster homes. The City also approves special <br />setbacks for each "pad" - please note the City classifies them as <br />pads but the County surveyor is bound to label them lots. Each <br />residential pad has a defined building envelope with primary and <br />alternate drainfield sites defined and established at preliminary <br />approval. The shared commons or open space areas may surround <br />these pads as with the Huntington Farm PRD or as with the <br />Painters Creek PRD (former Ski Tonka site) may be immediately <br />adjacent to a grouping of pads. <br />I