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3 <br />The applicant is requesting the density requirement be lowered. This requires a formal <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Land Use Plan and City and Met Council <br />approval. <br /> <br />Staff is asking the Planning & Zoning Board and Council if there is support for the <br />following before the applicant submits a formal land use application for a comprehensive <br />plan amendment and PUD Preliminary Plan/Preliminary Plat: <br /> <br />1. Rezoning to PUD, Planned Unit Development <br />2. Amending the Comprehensive Plan to lower the density <br /> <br />The remainder of this staff report is based on the PUD concept plan dated January 23, <br />2023. All other applicable comments from previous staff reports still apply and need to <br />be addressed. <br /> <br />Rezoning to PUD, Planned Unit Development <br /> <br />When the first PUD Concept Plan was submitted in June 2022, the property was zoned R- <br />1, Single Family Residential. With the recent zoning ordinance amendment that went <br />into effect on January 5, 2023, the property is now zoned R-3, Medium Density <br />Resident ial to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan-Land Use guidance of medium <br />density residential. The property would need to be rezoned to PUD, Planned Unit <br />Development in order to allow for a variety of lot sizes, lot widths, and architectural <br />standards as proposed in the concept plan. <br /> <br />Conventional Zoning District Development Standards vs. Proposed PUD Development <br /> <br />The City starts with the conventional zoning district development standards and uses <br />them as guide lines for all PUD’s. Property that is guided medium density residential may <br />be zoned R-2, Two Family Residential (which allows for single family detached homes <br />or two family homes) or R-3, Medium Density Residential (which allows for two family <br />homes or townhomes). The following chart provides a comparison of the conventional <br />zoning district development standards vs. the proposed PUD development. <br /> <br /> <br />R-2 <br />Single Family <br />Requirements <br />R-2 <br />Two Family-Unit <br />Requirements <br />R-3 <br />Two Family-Unit <br />Requirements <br />Proposed <br />Villas on Vickya <br />Min. Lot Sizeb 7,500sf 7,500sf 7,000sf 7,733 sf to <br />14,324sf c <br />Min. Lot Width 60ft 50ft 50ft 49ft <br />Min. Lot Depth <br />125ft <br />135 ft (double <br />frontage) <br />125ft <br />135 ft (double <br />frontage) <br />NA 125ftc to 200ft