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<br />CASE STUDY NUMBER 2 • <br />Townhouse Development with Neighborhood Concerns <br />Background: <br />The application before°you: is for_ approval of a preliminary: plat and a conditional <br />use permit for a townhouse development. -The conditional use permit is required for <br />any. building containing more than four units:. The development proposed would <br />contain a total of 40 units in five eight-plex buildings on five acres: <br />The land is zoned R-3 Medium Density Residential. This district allows up to <br />twelve unit structures and a maximum density of 10 units per acre. The <br />environmental protection chapters of your code protect all wetlands in excess of .5 <br />acres and all woodlands mapped on the official Environmental Overlay Map. <br />The.cite preparation.will remove a mature stand of Green Spruce between the <br />subject property and an adjacent neighborhood. This stand of trees does not show <br />up on the official Environmental Overlay Map, although you think this might simply <br />have been a mistake since other woodlands that are of comparable size do show up. <br />A small wetland area (.3 acres) will be filled and a small former dump site will be <br />excavated and cleaned up as part of the development. <br />Included in your background material is a copy of a letter from one of the <br />neighboring home owners and a petition signed by 72 residents. They urge you to <br />deny this application. They state that this high density development is fundamentally <br />inconsistent with the character of their neighborhood. Attached to their letter is <br />another letter from a real estate agent who states that she has been active in the real <br />estate market in this area for many years and that in her opinion the development of <br />this project will have a detrimental effect on the property values in the adjacent <br />neighborhood. The neighbors also state that the traffic from this development will <br />cause congestion on the adjacent collector street and that valuable wildlife. habitat <br />will be destroyed as a result of this project. <br />Recommendation: <br />Findings: (use back of page if necessary) <br />HYPOTHETICAL CASE STUDIES PAGE 4 <br />