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Date Application Received: 8/16/13 Date Application Considered as Complete: 08/16/13 120-Day Review Period Expires: 12/14/13 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 9 October 2013 Item No. Department Approval: / y Administrator ApprovalAgenda Section: Name: Melanie Curtis M v Title: Planning & Zoning Coordinator Item Description: #13-3630— Bill Coffman on behalf of Ervin Wachman —Bayside Meadows Plat - Waiver of Boulevard Tree Landscape Requirements/Revised Landscape Plan & Road Name Assignment— Resolution Zoning District: RR-113 One Family Rural Residential District (2 acre/200' width) Existing Lot Areas: 13.01± acres dry + 0.71± acres wetland 13.72± acres total List of Exhibits: Exhibit A. Draft Resolution Exhibit B. Revised Landscape Plan Exhibit C. Planning Commission Staff Report 02/11/13 Exhibit D. PC Action Notice Exhibit E. 60-day Extension Exhibit F. Draft PC Minutes 9/16/13 Application Summary: Landscape Plan The Bayside Meadows subdivision received final plat approval in June 2013. Upon final review by the City Council the applicant was asked by the Council to consider a reduction in the number of proposed boulevard trees and to consider a more rural/natural placement in the spirit of the rurally zoned development. City Code Section 82-226(b)(1) directs developers to plant one shade tree along the new roadway every 40 feet. The result of such uniform spacing may appear to be contrived rather than a more natural variation. The same City Code section also provides the City Council with the authority to waive landscape requirements as deemed appropriate. The road for the Bayside Meadows plat results in 2,270 linear feet of frontage requiring 57 trees; the approved boulevard landscape plan reflects the code -required number and placement. The applicant has provided a revised plan which is attached as Exhibit B reflecting a more thoughtful placement of 42 boulevard trees. Street Name Assignment The City does not have a street naming policy. Historically, the Council has allowed developers to name the private streets within their development at their discretion. The developer has requested to name the private road in the Bayside Meadows development Bayside Trail. The address numbers of each of the individual lots will follow the City's addressing grid protocol.