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�o�o <br /> C ITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> y � <br /> � 6489 <br /> �' G� N o. <br /> l�kESHo�� <br /> A RESOLUTION DENYING <br /> AN AMENDMENT OF THE RPUD AGREEMENT <br /> FOR THE PLAT OF OLIVER HILL <br /> - FILE #14-3685 <br /> WHEREAS,the City of Orono (hereinafter the "City") is a municipal corporation <br /> organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orono (hereinafter "City Council") <br /> has adopted land development regulations for the orderly, economic and safe development of <br /> land within the City; and <br /> WHEREAS, The Broadway Group, LLC (hereinafter "Developer") is the <br /> developer of the subdivision known as Oliver Hill, Hennepin County, Minnesota and has <br /> requested an amendlnent of the Development Contract and Residential Planned Unit <br /> Development Agreement for Oliver Hill dated September 30, 2014 (hereinafter "the RPUD <br /> Agreement")to revise the limitations on Lot Coverage for two of the seven lots; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council ganted preliminary plat approval for the plat of <br /> Oliver Hill in February 2014 via Resolution No. 6368, within which one of the listed Findings <br /> was that it would be appropriate to impose a 15% Lot Coverage by Structures limit rather than a <br /> Floor Area Ratio on each lot within the development. The basis for this was noted in the <br /> December 5, 2013 staff inemo as follows: <br /> "Noting that the developer is planning to build modestly priced and sized homes, Planning <br /> Commission recommended that the 15% lot coverage standard be imposed on this <br /> development rather than the RPUD standard 50% Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The 50% FAR <br /> would likely allow for much larger homes to be constructed if no 15% limit is in place. The <br /> developer has no objection to this limitation."; and <br /> WHEREAS, the 15% Lot Coverage requirement was included in the final plat <br /> approvals and incorporated into the RPUD Agreement as Paragraph 23(G); and <br /> WHEREAS, during the City plan review far a new home to be constructed on <br /> Lot 2 Block 2 it was discovered that the structural coverage as proposed was approximately 22%, <br /> at which time the building permit was denied; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Developer has proposed a number of options for amending the <br /> RPUD Agreement in order to allow the Lot Coverage on Lot 2, Block 2 at a level of <br /> approximately 22%, suggesting that from an overall development standpoint, it would be feasible <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />