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• • • Pheasant Stroll Estates page 2 The following is a summary of the of the proposal: Gross Site Area 10.0 acres Upland Area 8.2 acres to be confirmed Total Units 28 Gross Density 2.8 units /acre Net Density 3.4 to be confirmed Zoning: A rezoning to R -3 requires that the site be guided for Medium Density, which it is, and which requires 3 -6 units per acre. There is a significant area of wetland on the site, which will be subtracted from the net area. This will raise the density above the 2.8 u/a because net density uses only upland. The MUSA reserve is allocated based on the amount of upland as well. Growth Management: The City's growth management policy (Ordinance 24 -04) implements growth policies of the comprehensive plan. It establishes limits on the number of new units to be approved as well on the use of MUSA reserve. We have nine lots left for year 2006, which means this project could not be final platted until 2007. We have 82 lots left for 2007. The site is not within the MUSA. We have 25.5 acres of MUSA reserve available for year 2006 and 6.8 acres for 2007. If the year 2006 acres are not used, they carry over to following years. PRELIMINARY PLAT/PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT Buildings, Units: The proposal includes 27 townhomes as two -, three -, and four -unit structures. An existing single family home would remain. Streets, Access: A local circulation system of roads and access points is one of the major elements of the 49/J planning study. Though the study is unfinished, all preliminary concept plans show conceptual options for providing circulation and access for land within the study area. The City is trying to avoid the creation of individual accesses onto the arterial roads. (Hodgson and CR J are arterials.) The City has recognized access management as an important planning consideration. Creating new access points creates new conflict points, decreasing safety and impeding traffic flow on the arterial road. A new local street located along the west border of this site would provide a single access for all properties between Ware and Hodgson Roads. Optimally, it could align with Shoreview's Kent St. on the south. However, that location may be obstructed by a future median in CR J, so the new street could be centered on the existing western property line of the Pheasant Stroll site. The point is to create one planned access points and eliminate all other driveways onto CR J.