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-,�� <br /> '�_ <br /> � � <br /> . -. � <br /> FILE#06-3208 ' <br /> June 19,2006 <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> Background <br /> The sketch plan for this development was reviewed by the Planning Commission and the <br /> Council earlier this year. Comments were favorable. The major difference from the sketch <br /> plan is that one lot has been shifted from the northeast side of the internal road to the <br /> southwest side. <br /> Approval Process <br /> A Planned Residential Development(PRD, not PUD)requires a Planning Commission <br /> review and recommendation before consideration by the City Council. If the City Council� <br /> approves the PRD the approval is a preliminary one. A second, final approval is required <br /> once a11 plans axe complete and correct, all,documents prepared, all financial guarantees <br /> provided, and all fees paid. The Planning Commission should indicate at the time of its first <br /> recommendation if it wishes to review the final application. <br /> The Preliminary Plat also requires a Planning Commission review and recommendation <br /> before consideration by the City Council. Final plat is considered by the City Council at the <br /> same time as the final PRD application. It is not reviewed by the Planning Commission. <br /> When a zoning application is submitted it is routed to the City Engineer for review of <br /> engineering and wetland matters. The Applicant is provided these comments as soon as they <br /> are received by Staff but is instructed to not submit revised plans until after the Planning <br /> Commission review. This allows any changes the Planning Commission recommends to be <br /> made at the same time. The revised plans are usually required before the matter is <br /> �considered by the City Council. For this applicafion, since it is only preliminary, not all plans <br /> � will be prepared or correct by the Council meeting. <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> SITE ANALYSIS . <br /> Size: 22.87 acres not including right of way of Sixth Avenue North(County Road 6) and <br /> Homestead Trail (County Road 201), 13.25 acres non-wetland <br /> Comurehensive Plan Desi�nation: Rural Residential, one unit per two acres <br /> Zonin�: RR-1B (Minimum lot size:2 acres, 200 feet wide) <br /> Wetlands: There are two wetlands on the site, one 9.47 acres and one 0.6 acres. They are <br /> separated by a culvert crossing. <br /> Vegetationc The most noteworkhy vegetation on the site is the stand of mature maple trees <br /> that extend about 600 feet along Sixth Avenue North. The trees extend 100 to 150 feet back <br /> into the site. There is also a shelter belt of pine trees along some of the Homestead Trail <br /> fronta.ge. Vegeta.tion within the wetland is primarily non-native species. <br /> Rural Oasis Studv: The property was one of the subject properties studied in the 2005 <br /> Orono Rura1 Oasis comprehensive plan amendment,which was approved by the City <br /> Council in 2005 but has not proceeded forward to Met Council pending completion of a <br /> companion Conservation Design ordinance. The Community Management Plan(CMP) <br />