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• • Aqua Lane Comprehensive Plan Amendment page 3 Until the City receives a site development application in the future, there is no way to know what site layout or actual density is possible under current regulations. A concept plan shows 38 units planned for the four -acre site, which would be 9.5 units per acre. This may or may not be realistic. Other aspects of site design also will be examined upon reception of a site plan application. (For example, the existing private drive serving units north of the site appears to be centered on the property line.) Any application that involves platting, variances, or conditional use permits will require public review. Subdividing the land for buildings on individual lots would require a plat. Building more than one principal building on one lot requires a planned unit development, which would require a conditional use permit under the new ordinance. Therefore, either of these options will require a public hearing. Approval of the comprehensive plan amendment in no way gives any explicit or implicit approval of any site plan or development application. Development of the site will require application for the approval of such things as a plat, site plan and building plan, conditional use permit, and any other approval that applies. Submittal to Metropolitan Council Under state law, a comprehensive plan amendment requires submittal to the Metropolitan Council. The City approval of the amendment will be contingent upon Met Council approval. PLANNING & ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION The P & Z recommended denial of the application. The reasoning is that the Medium Density classification allows up to six units per acre. If the four -acre site is developed at six units per acre, it will be very close to the existing development: the adjacent Marshan Condominium townhomes were built at 6.4 u/a. SUMMARY Staff recognizes the P & Z Board's recommendation. However, the inconsistency between the current zoning and the land use classification should be resolved. In summary, the salient facts are: • The existing adjacent development of 134 condominium/townhome units was built at 6.4 units per acre: a density that falls in the High Density category. However, the comprehensive plan guides it Medium Density.