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City Council minutes — excerpt June 13, 2016 10. #16-3827 RICK DENMAN/CHARLES CURD, LLC, FOR OWNER DDK, LLC, 2525 KELLY AVENUE, 2535 AND 2545 SHADYWOOD ROAD, SKETCH PLAIN Community Development Director Barnhart stated the applicant is seeking comments related to a sketch plan for a proposed subdivision of three separate parcels into seven building lots and two outlots. The project will ultimately require preliminary and final plat, Comprehensive Plan and zoning map amendments. The project includes seven single-family home sites ranging in size from 0.16 acres to 0.39 acres. Access for all lots will be via a new road off of Shadywood Road that will line up with a future access for the Freshwater parcel on the east side of Shadywood. No direct access will occur off of Kelly Avenue and the existing wetland on the lot fronting Kelly Avenue will not be impacted. The homes will be served by city water and sanitary sewer. The applicant has provided some elevation samples for a 1,400 square foot single -level home with a full basement. The layouts are tentative and are intended for discussion purposes. The developer has also provided a monument sample. The issue that Staff has is that the property is guided for mixed use/residential, with a guided density of four units per acre. The project proposes 2.99 units per acre, but the final density is expected to increase above three units when the wetland and buffer boundaries are better defined. The property is zoned B4 Office/Professional, which does not allow residential uses. The units are proposed to be detached and are consequently lower than what is proposed in the Comprehensive Plan. The City Council should discuss whether single-family residential is appropriate on this site. Staff and the applicant are looking for direction as to the appropriateness of the proposal. Printup asked if the site is guided for mixed use. Barnhart indicated it is and that it is guided for four units per acre. Barnhart stated one of the things Staff looked at was along Shadywood. A number of comments have been received in the past about the traffic on Shadywood and that Staff and the MN Department of Transportation are attempting to look at long-term solutions to ease traffic in that area. One option is to consolidate some of the turning movements, with this parcel being one of those pieces being looked at for consolidation. Barnhart stated this application provides the City with the opportunity to combine all of those accesses into one area. The applicant has set this up so that when the Freshwater parcel develops, that access will line up and shift to the corner of that site and at some point the access to the church will be changed as well. Walsh stated a big office building will likely generate more traffic to this site. Walsh commented consolidating the accesses is a long-term vision and that he is in agreement that it is a tough area for traffic. Walsh stated hopefully the City can get that cleaned up at some point. Cornick stated it is critical to note that Staff feels that if the City goes ahead with this project, there are other areas where the City can increase the density. Page 5 of 6