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• AGENDA ITEM 6 A i. and ii. STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C.C. MEETING DATE: January 10, 2005 TOPIC: i. First Reading, Ordinance 26 -04 Rezone to Planned Unit Development ii. Resolution 04 -196, Development Stage Plan/Preliminary Plat Fox Den Acres Royal Oaks Realty BACKGROUND Royal Oaks Realty has requested approval of single family residential development called Fox Den Acres. The comprehensive plan guides the site for low density residential use. The site is within the existing MUSA and it is zoned R -1. The Fox Den Acres project offers a good opportunity to implement the new parks and open space plan through the use of a conservation development. Staff have worked with the Watershed District and Royal Oaks to pursuit these goals. The redesign includes such things as filling and moving lower quality wetlands in order to preserve and increase higher quality wetlands and upland areas. The overall gain in public value will be positive. This conservation development approach, while often discussed in Lino Lakes in the past, has not previously been pursued to the extent we are doing so here. Standard zoning requirements often do not accommodate natural features in this way, and this is an example of that shortcoming. Therefore, a planned unit development is being used. The discussions have centered not on asking "does this meet the requirements ?" bur rather "what is the best design ?" We have utilized the review extension allowed by law, and we are facing a deadline of December 21St for City Council action . Jeff Schoenbauer of Brauer and Associates has provided invaluable assistance on this project . Mr. Schoenbauer has been intimately involved in working directly with the developer on behalf of the City. His memo on the project is attached. ANALYSIS Comprehensive Plan, Land Use and Zoning: The table below identifies the existing land use and zoning as well as guided land uses for the area.