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______ . -, " PC Exhibit E <br /> 17-3944 <br /> CITY OF ORONO <br /> � ' <br /> Street Address: (vt ilir.g Address Telephone(9521 249-4600 <br /> ' --. 2750 Ke!ley Parkway P.O Box 66 Fox ;952:249-4616 <br /> IA • Orono,MN 55356 Crystal Bay.MN 55323 l www.ci.oron .mo us <br /> May 25, 2017 <br /> Westwood Professional Services VIA EMAIL <br /> Attn:Tom Goodrum tom.goodrum@westwoodps.com <br /> 7699 Anagram Drive <br /> Eden Prairie, MN 55331 <br /> Re: Condominium rezoning <br /> File#17-3944 <br /> The City has received your application for a rezoning to the RPUD zoning district,to allow for the construction of <br /> a 40 unit residential condominium unit building. Review of a rezoning to RPUD is actually one of two simultaneous <br /> steps; review of rezoning, or map change; and review of a master development plan. The RPUD allows for <br /> flexibility in land development in order to achieve several goals, including provision of lifecycle housing, <br /> preservation of desirable site characteristics, high quality of design, sensitive development in transitional areas, <br /> and development consistent with the comprehensive plan. This flexibility is offered because of the comprehensive <br /> review of a project. <br /> The review of the rezoning will be concurrent of the review of the general concept plan, much of which has been <br /> provided,either with this application,are as part of the sketch plan. We do require you to submit information for <br /> the concept review and approval, I cannot refer to previous applications for certain materials. Approval of the <br /> rezoning will be subject to the formal approval of the master plan,which identifies the final details of the project. <br /> I. RPUD standards. The city has reviewed the standards for a RPUD and offers the following comments. These <br /> comments are based on Division 11 of the Orono City Code,starting at Section 78-626,which prescribes the review <br /> process and development standards for the proposed district. The numeral in parenthesis corresponds to that <br /> paragraph of 78-626, a copy of which is provided. <br /> (1) The property must be 5 acres to be rezoned to RPUD. The Council will need to approve flexibility as the <br /> subject parcel is currently 2.63 acres. <br /> (6) Please confirm the floor area ratio. (Total Building Floor Area/Total Lot Area= FAR.) If this exceeds 1.0, <br /> flexibility will be required. <br /> (7) Requires a 50 foot setback from Shadywood and a setback equivalent to the height of the building from <br /> the side and rear property lines. <br /> (7b) discusses height,and the height was an issue for the City Council. City Code identifies height as: <br /> Building height means the vertical distance between the highest existing ground level or ten <br /> feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the top of the cornice of a flat <br /> roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch- <br /> type roof, or the median height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. Topographic <br />