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• • • Century Farm North 5th Addition page 3 The site was rezoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) with the approval of the Century Farm North project in 2003. The zoning will not change. Growth Management Policy: The 2002 Comprehensive Plan includes the site in a Stage 1 growth area, where utilities could be extended prior to year 2010. The City's growth management policy (Ordinance 01 -03) implements growth policies of the 2002 Comprehensive Plan. The Plan also includes a "MUSA reserve ". The Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) is the area within which sanitary sewer service can be provided. The policy establishes annual limits on the allocation of MUSA reserve and the number of new units that can be platted. When Century Farm North was approved, an allocation of MUSA reserve acres was approved. The 2003 approval included a staging plan. The total of 249 units were broken down into an annual number of units that could be fmal platted in years 2003 -2007. Since we now are beyond year 2007, the remaining units can be final platted at any time. No additional units would be added with the current proposal. Development Stage Plan/Preliminary Plat Amendment The Century Farm North preliminary plat, approved in 2003, includes the entire development of 249 units, roads, parkland, etc. Each final plat has included a portion of the larger development and has complied with the staging plan. The 4th Addition was the last fmal plat to be approved. Block 2 of the 4th Addn. included 42 dwelling units. Some were in multi - family townhome structures, others were individual detached townhomes. A detached townhome is a single family home located on its own parcel, but that parcel includes only the structure and its immediate surrounding land (sidewalk, patio). It does not include the larger lawn area. The surrounding lawn is owned in common by an association consisting of numerous townhome owners. The association maintains the common lot. The current proposal area includes Block 2 of the 4th Addn. Block 2 has four detached townhome lots (Lots 1 -4) and a common lot around them (Lot 5). The proposal area also includes Outlot A of the 4th Addn. The 2003 preliminary plat includes 22 more detached townhome lots to be created in the area covered by Outlot A. The proposal is to change a number of the detached townhome lots into standard single family lots: there would be no common lot and the house owners would own their yards. New Preliminary Plat: The proposal is to amend the original Century Farm North preliminary plat. The amendment would include the land in Block 2 of the 4th Addn. final plat —the 4 detached townhome lots and common lot —as well as 12 units and common lots in the larger development area to the west, which has not yet been final