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14 <br />The applicant is proposing a conservation development with a mix of residential unit <br />types on varying lot sizes. The villas provide a housing option with main-level living with <br />association-maintain yards and snow removal which addresses life-cycle housing. <br /> <br />(c) Preservation and enhancement of desirable site characteristics such as wildlife <br />habitat, unique natural resources, existing vegetation, natural topography, geologic features <br />and reduction of negative impacts on the environment. <br /> <br />The conservation development preserves and enhances desirable site characteristics by <br />minimizing wetland, woodland and rare plant species impacts. <br /> <br />(d) Creative use of land and related physical development which allows a phased <br />and orderly transition of varying land uses in close proximity to each other. <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing single family detached lots adjacent to existing single family <br />detached lots. The development transitions the larger 80ft wide lots along the west lot <br />line near the existing Arena Acres to the 65ft wide lots to 50ft wide villas as you move <br />east. <br /> <br />(e) Efficient use of land resulting in smaller networks of utilities and streets <br />thereby lowering development costs and public investments. <br /> <br />The configuration of the lots preserve as many wetlands as possible and avoids a gas line <br />easement that spans the site diagonally which results in a smaller network of utilities and <br />streets. <br /> <br />(f) Mix of land use types. <br /> <br />There is no mix of land use types. <br /> <br />(g) Provision of a housing type or target housing price that is desirable to the City. <br /> <br />The villas provide a housing option with main-level living with association-maintain <br />yards and snow removal which addresses life-cycle housing. <br /> <br />(h) Other public benefits and values as recognized in the City’s Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br /> <br />• Planning District 2 identifies Woolan Park as a natural resource that should be <br />protected. The proposed development strategically includes a stormwater <br />pond/open space buffer near the Woolan Park wetland complex. <br />• A goal of the sanitary sewer plan is to provide service and capacity to developed <br />areas of the city currently served by on-site systems. Municipal sanitary sewer <br />and water also gets extended north which will eventually serve the Olive and <br />Orange Street neighborhood which are smaller (<0.5 acre) lots on private septic <br />systems and wells.