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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMIVIISSION <br /> � Tucsday,January 16,2007 <br /> � 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#07-3250 Pliilip Carlson, Continued) � <br /> . 2. Prelimiiiary 1'lat approval in order to create 10 uuit lots and one conullon lot; <br /> 3. Conunercial Site Plan approval in order to obtain Uuilding permits; <br /> 4. Easement vacations in conjunction with dedication of new easements. . <br /> The applicants have proposed development of five duplex office condo buildings on approximately 2.6 � <br /> acres located at 2060 Wayzata Boulevard West. The proposed condos will be two-story walkouts <br /> containing approxinlateIy 33,570 sc�uare feet of usable space. Each building will contain a walk-out level, <br /> � a maiu floor level, and an upper level loft. � <br /> The pro�erty was part of a seven-acre tract that was platted into two lots for development in 2001. The <br /> easterly lot was rezoned to RPUD and is now the site of Orono Woods Senior Housing. The west 2.6 <br /> acres becanle Lot 1, Orono Ambar, and was rezoned to B-6 PUD,Highway Commercial District. Lot 1 is <br /> the suUject of the current application. � <br /> In December 2004,Interspace West filed an a�plication proposing to consh ucfi an office condo . <br /> development on the site. That application resulted in general concept plan approval in March 2005 for <br /> five 2-unit, 1-1/2 story walkout office condo buildings. The applicants worked tluough spring and� � <br /> sununer 2005 to produce detailed�lans and had discussions with the City regarding changing access to <br /> . the site based on new inforniation aUout future access�oints along Highway 12. Applicants ultimately <br /> chose to not make the suggested revisions to their plans. <br /> I�i OctoUer 2005,the Council conditionally granted the applicants general development plan approval, <br /> "commercial site approval, and preliminary and final plat approval. White it was unusual to grairt� <br /> preliminary and�nal plat approvals on the same day in the same resolution,the a��licauts expressed a <br /> need to move quickly. Those approvals were conditioned on timely submittal of required documents, <br /> fees,and otlier agency peiniits. The resolution indicated that all a�provals would expire if tlle plat was � <br /> not filed by April 10, 2006: Because preliininary and final plat approvals were granted simultaneously, . <br /> the effective periods of preliminary and final a��rovals ran concurrently. Final plat approval expired six <br /> months after adopting the resolution on April 10, 2006,Uecause the conditions of the resolution had not <br /> Ueen met and the applicants had not made the necessaly submittals. Prelinunary plat ap�roval coniinued <br /> � in effect until one year after adoption or uiitil OctoUer 10, 2006. On October 23, 2006,the City Council <br /> voted 4-1 to deny au extension of the e£fective period of preliminary plat approval and denied the request <br /> for a second final plat approval, �nding that the conditions of Resolution No., 5387 had not been met <br /> within tl�e allotted tinie�eriod. Council concluded that suUmittal of permits from MnDOT was an <br /> essential elenient of the conditions that was not completed and the applicants were directed to Uegin the <br /> eniire review process anew. <br /> � Gaffroii siated the main issue that remains outstandin�at the�resent time is access to the site. Access to <br /> the site was originally estaUlished during the a�}�roval process for PUD No. 2 and consists of a shared <br /> righfi-in/right-out driveway access directly to Highway 12 at the southwest corner of the senior liousing <br /> pro.perty and a shared driveway access easCward tlu•ough the senior housing site to Brown Road North. � <br /> Outlot D was platted as a potential service road corridor Uel�ind the Orono Sho�ping Center and Service <br /> PAGE 7 <br />