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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 <br />Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763. 231 .2561 planners @nacplanning.com <br />PLANNING REPORT <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: February 8, 2013 <br />SUBJECT: Little Canada — Pinetree Pond Preliminary Plat <br />CASE NO: 758.09 —13.01 <br />BACKGROUND <br />Masterpiece Homes is requesting Preliminary Plat approval for Pinetree Pond, a 15 lot <br />single family residential development located at 2966 Arcade Street, along with two <br />existing parcels at 2945 and 2959 Labore Road. The site is 7.62 acres in area, <br />including a 40 foot wide extension toward Arcade Street and an existing 33 foot wide <br />road easement extending from Labore Road to the north that divides the plat area <br />between the Arcade Street property and the two Labore Road parcels. <br />Zoning. The site is zoned R -1, Single Family Residential. The purpose of the R -1, <br />Single Family Residential District is to provide for low density single family detached <br />residential dwelling units and directly related, complimentary uses. <br />Comprehensive Plan. The subject site is designated for low density residential uses in <br />the City's Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan contains several goal <br />statements for the East Portion of the City, where the site is located. One such goal is <br />to maintain and improve the East Portion of the City as a safe, viable, orderly, <br />productive and enhanced environment for the residents of the City. The East Portion of <br />the City provides the majority of the single family residential land use opportunities for <br />the City. The Plan states the future development in this section of the City shall <br />maintain or enhance the existing cohesive land use pattern. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The applicant is proposing 15 single family units on a 7.62 acre site. Three outlots are <br />shown on the plan. Outlot A extends between the proposed rear line of Lot 7, Block 2 <br />east to Arcade Street. Outlot B is a proposed extension of a street to the northeast, <br />12 <br />