01-17-2012 Planning Commission Packet

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�� 11-3531 9 January 2012 Page 2 of 5 1) Compliance with the City Engineer's recommendations. The City Engineer recommended the following: a)' The city should request drainage and utility easements 5-feet wide along all interior lot lines and lot lines adjacent to platted property.Ten foot wide easements should be shown along exterior lot lines adjacent to unplatted properties. Update: The applicants have provided an upiiated survey which shows the requested utility and drainage easements. b) The plan shows a wetland along the north lot line and Wolverton Place. The city wetland map shows a Manage 2 wetland along the north lot line and no record of the roadside wetland.The north wetland needs to be buffered according to city ordinance. If the wetland along the road is incidental according to the watershed, no buffers would be required. If the roadside wetland is not incidental,the wetland must be typed using MnRAM to determine the buffer width. ' Update: The survey has been revised to reflect the appropriate buffer and setback around the . northerly wetland. The southerly wetland along the road has been determined by the MCWD to r• be an incidental wetland and therefore not subject to WGA requirements. The area of the ' southerly wetland is considered as part of rhe dry, buildable land for the purpose of the subdivision. - � c) Grading associated with the proposed driveway should be included in the plans.We recommend at least 50 feet of no steeper than 2% grade at the roadway and no steeper than 10% for the remainder of the driveway. � , Update: The grading plan was submitted and has been deemed acceptable. The grading plan � should be shown on the certificate of survey. . 2) Submittal of MCWD approved wetland delineations and functional assessment for all wetlands on the property; Update: See#1b above. This requirement has been met. 3) Confirmation that the property contains a total of 10.0 dry, buildable acres; Update: See update within#1b above. The No-Loss decision relating to the southerly wetland allows the area to be included in the dry, buildable acreage. Based on the No-Loss decision, the property totals 10.05 dry, buildable acres this requirement has been satisfied(proposed Tract A contains 5.00 dry acres and proposed Tract 8 contains 5.05 acres). 4) Submittal of a conservation design plan which meets the requirements of the Conservation Design regulations for review,approval and implementation; Update:the applicant's conservation design plan has been received and is attached as Exhibits D& E. 5) Submittal of a revised subdivision survey indicating standard perimeter drainage and utility � easements as well as conservation, flowage and drainage easements over all wetlands and wetland buffers on the property. Additionally, a 10' trail easement should be shown concurrent � with the requested perimeter D/U easement along McCulley Road.