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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4500 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners@nacplanning.com PLANNING REPORT TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman /Kimberly Holien DATE: November 3, 2006 SUBJECT: Little Canada - Richie Place Concept Stage PUD CASE NO: 758.09 - 06.32 BACKGROUND Lauren Company Development, LTD is requesting concept stage Planned Unit Development approval for Richie Place, a 41 -unit residential development located at 2966 Labore Road. The site is 7.71 acres in area and is zoned R -1, single family residential, although the southernmost portion of the property is actually located in the City of Maplewood. Zoning. The site is zoned R -1, Single Family Residential. The purpose of the R -1, Single Family Residential District is to provide for low density single family detached residential dwelling units and directly related, complementary uses. Comprehensive Plan. The subject site is designated for low density residential uses in the City's Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan contains several goal statements for the East Portion of the City, where the site is located. One such goal is to maintain and improve the East Portion of the City as a safe, viable, orderly, productive and enhanced environment for the residents of the City. The East Portion of the City provides the majority of the single family residential land use opportunities for the City. The Plan states the future development in this section of the City shall maintain or enhance the existing cohesive land use pattern. Furthermore, one of the policies outlined in the Comprehensive Plan for this particular area is that "geographic land use designations and related zoning classifications shall be changed only when it can be demonstrated that such modifications are in the best interest of the community on a long range perspective and such changes will promote