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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Chair Kwapick and Members of the Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Corrin Wendell, Community Development Director <br /> <br />DATE: May 5, 2022 <br /> <br />RE: Preliminary Plat– U.S. Home, LLC and Lennar PID# 05-29-22-21-0024, PID# 05-29- <br />22-21-0032, PID# 05-29-22-21-0031, PID# 05-29-22-21-0030, PID# 05-29-22-21-0029 – <br />Case #1412 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED <br />To recommend approval of a Preliminary Plat for U.S. Home, LLC, Lennar, to construct a <br />townhome community with (178) townhomes and move forward with the proposal for Final Plat, <br />Variance, Rezoning and Development Agreement consideration. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City has received a Major Subdivision application for approval of a Preliminary Plat from <br />U.S. Home, LLC, Lennar, to construct a townhome community with (178) townhomes. Lennar <br />plans to develop a mix of row townhomes and back-to-back townhomes to achieve an overall R-2 <br />medium density zoning in accordance with future land use designations in the Comprehensive <br />Plan. The site is 19.77 gross acres (861,180 sf) which includes 4.6 acres (200,376 sf) allocated to <br />an overhead powerline easement. <br /> <br />U.S. Home, LLC, submitted this preliminary plat application for a future Lennar townhome <br />community located on the Heinel and Wilson parcels. Lennar is under contract to purchase the <br />parcels which are in Planning District 10 as reflected in the City of Little Canada Comprehensive <br />Plan 2040 (“Comprehensive Plan”). Lennar plans to develop a mix of row townhomes and back- <br />to-back townhomes to achieve an overall R-2 medium density zoning in accordance with future <br />land use designations in the Comprehensive Plan. The zoning change to R-2 is conditioned upon <br />the successful closing and filing of a final plat. <br /> <br />The Vanderbie Commons (official name TBD) site plan consists of five (5) parcels located South <br />of County Road D and West of Edgerton Street: <br /> <br />PID# 05-29-22-21-0024 (0.58 acres / 25,265 sf) <br />3007 Vanderbie Street, Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />Lot 12, Block 2 of Gervais Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota <br />Currently designated R-3 – Higher Density Residential