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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202. Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 783.231.2561 planners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and Little Canada City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 8, 2014 RE: Little Canada — Thomas Homes PUD FILE NO: 758.09 — Background and Analysis At the most recent City Council meeting in July, the City Council tabled action on the request that brought by the applicant, a duplex on the parcel at 56 East Little Canada Road. Concerns had been raised as the proposal for various residential designs on the property had been brought forward and amended over a space of several months. The Planning Commission, in reviewing the request at its July meeting, recommended denial of the proposal. At the Council meeting, the applicant indicated that he would be bringing additional information to discuss with the Council at the August 13th meeting. To date, no new plans have been submitted. However, planning staff discussed the project via telephone with the applicant this past week. In that conversation, the applicant indicated that he intended to convert the house design that had previously been submitted to a single family home. With this change, staff indicated that no new PUD permit would be required since the site is currently developed with a single family home on the property. The primary conditions to this path would be (1) to ensure that the proposed single family home meets the setbacks that would be applied in the principal single family zoning district, and (2) to ensure that the redesigned home would qualify as a single family home (not a duplex) according to the building official's review. 39