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Application Deadline: December 31, 2000 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: <br />Name <br />Title <br />Paul Weinberger <br />Zoning Administrator <br />Item Description: #2550 Charles Van Eeckhout <br />120 South Brown Road <br />Class III Subdivision <br />Conditional Use Permit for a PRD <br />Zoning District: RR-IB One Family Rural Residential <br />DATE: December 8, 2000 <br />ITEM NO.: <br />Agenda Section: <br />Zoning <br />Application: Seven lot Planned Residential Development ofland located at 120 South Brown Road. <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A TEP Panel Findings and Determination <br />B Letter From Apple Glen Road Property Owner (August 21, 2000) <br />C Letter From John and Mary Dunn adjacent property owners (September 23, 2000) <br />D Plat Map <br />E Proposed Lot Layout <br />F September 7, 2000 Staff Report <br />The City Council last reviewed this item on September 11, 2000 and tabled the application citing two main <br />issues. The first issue was the MCWD acceptance of the wetland delineation report. A Technical Evaluation <br />Panel (TEP) consisting of representatives of the Hennepin Conservation District, Board of Water and Soil <br />Resources, and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District was assembled to complete a wetland determination <br />on the property. The TEP met on Mr. Van Eeckhout' s property on October 16, 2000 and has now made a <br />determination that the TEP approved the delineation as presented by Svobota Environmental Services. <br />The TEP findings are consistent with the applicant's drawings and delineation and result in a dry buildable <br />acreage of just over 14 acres. The lot is located in the RR-1 B, two acre zoning district. The developer has <br />requested a CUP to allow the property to develop as a Planned Residential Development (PRD). A PRD <br />would allow the developer density credit for all dry buildable land on the property. Under a PRD the property <br />could develop to a maximum of7 units. The concept behind a PRD is to allow for an alternative to standard <br />minimum lot size subdivision, to enhance the appearance of neighborhoods through preservation of natural <br />open spaces and to provide cohesive structure to neighborhood design. The plan does protect a generous <br />amount of open space most notably the area south of the creek would be left natural and protected with a <br />conservation easement. <br />The second major issue is access to the property. You may recall the original plan had requested access from <br />the west. The applicant has not successfully negotiated access from an adjacent property owner that would