10-16-2017 Planning Commission Packet

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Item 11 Date Application Received: September 20,2017 OA, Date Application Considered as Complete:September 20,2017 l VO 60-Day Review Period Expires: N/A y To: Chair Thiesse and Planning Commission Members Dustin Rief, City Administrator LkESHo4� From: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development Director Date: October 16, 2017 Subject: #17-3977, Brian Benson and Chuck Alcon o/b/o Jim and Mary Jundt, 1400 Brackets Point Road, Sketch Plan Application Summary: The applicant is requesting comments via the sketch plan process for a proposed subdivision of the 13.78 acre parcel into 5 single family residential lots and a realignment of Brackets Point Road. Staff Recommendation: The Planning Commission is asked to give feedback on the proposed development. Background The property is 13.78 acres and lies near the southern end of Brackets Point. Improvements on the property include the existing residence,formerly the Pillsbury House, a pool and tennis courts and accessory recreational buildings, and a greenhouse complex. Bracketts Point Road enters the property at the north end then cuts to the west side, running along the lakeshore. Public Bracketts Point Road terminates at hammer head turnaround,then continues on as a private road,serving 4 other lots at the southern end of the peninsula. Within Bracketts point road is a sanitary sewer that serves the area. The proposed is zoned LR-1A One Family Residential, requiring 2 acres of dry buildable land per lot. All lakeshore lots require 200 feet of frontage at the lake and at the 75 foot lake yard setback. Proposal Comprehensive Plan. The project as proposed is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in terms of density. Lots. The project is being proposed so as to avoid the need for any variances,to conform to the subdivision requirements. All 5 lots meet the minimum lot area requirements, ranging in size from 2.15 cares to 3.18 acres. All lots meet the lot width requirements,with the narrowest lot is lot 2 is 202 feet at the lake, but widens further from the lake. Existing lots on Brackett Point range in size from 1.11 to 3.37 acres. Each proposed lot maintains a reasonable house area, appropriately setback from the lake and the road. Average Lake Shore setback. When developing new lakeshore lots, it is necessary to establish an average lake shore setback for all lots as part of the formal plan approval. The location of neighboring homes will influence the average lake shore setback for lots within the