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STAFF REPORT TO: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: November 17, 2017 RE: PUD Extension - Cash for Houses, LLC Winter Estates, 2736 & 2744 Rice Street Todd Franzen, Cash for Houses, LLC, was granted PUD approval on November 30, 2016 for the proposed townhome development at 2736 & 2744 Rice Street. (The final plat was approved this past spring.) Since that time, Mr. Franzen has been working on completing several of the Development Agreement items that were necessary prior to construction commencing. Some of the items have taken longer than originally anticipated and Mr. Franzen is requesting an extension on the PUD Approval in order to allow additional time in completing the outstanding items which are: • Contracts for Required Improvements o Curbing o Street Lighting o Establishment of Vegetation which includes landscaping and fencing as required as part of the PUD approval • Letter of Credit based upon the Contracts for Required Improvements • Verification that the required improvements discussed in the contract documents meets our conditions of approval. Our city code states that an applicant one year from the date of approval to commence construction or they need to request an extension to allow additional time. The following is the code language for Ordinance 923 PUD, Administration, Section D.4: 4. Limitation on Final Plan Approval. Within one (1) year after the approval of a Final Plan for PUD, or such shorter time as may be established by the approved development schedule, construction shall commence in accordance with such approved plan. Failure to commence construction within such period shall, unless an extension shall have been granted as hereinafter provided, automatically render void the PUD permit and all approvals of the PUD plan and the area encompassed within the PUD shall thereafter be subject to those provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, and other ordinances, applicable in the district in which it is located. In such case, the Council shall forthwith adopt an ordinance repealing the PUD permit and all PUD approvals and re-establishing the zoning and other ordinance provisions that would otherwise be applicable. The time limit established by this paragraph may, at the discretion of the Council, be extended for not more than one year by ordinance or resolution duly adopted.