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• • • Planning & Zoning Board September 11, 1996 Mr. Al Brixius, City Planning Consultant, stated that the City received an application to create a subdivision of 48 single family Tots, to be known as Miller South Glen. It is located at the northeast corner of Ware Road and 62nd Street. In order to accommodate this development, a number of things would have to occur: 1. Allocation of 27.9 acres of the City's interim MUSA reserve /Comprehensive Plan amendment; 2. Rezoning the property from R, Rural to R -1X, Single Family Executive; 3. Vacation of an existing road easement within the property; 4. Preliminary plat 5. Variance to allow a cul -de -sac in excess of 500 feet in Mr. Brixius stated that if the City decides that the rezoning is appropriate, an expansion of MUSA must take place to include the subject property. This would involve allocating 27.9 buildable acres from the150+ interim MUSA acres to the subject property, subject to the following conditions: 1) the Land Use Plan is amended to designate low density residential use of the site; and 2) the subject property is found to meet the applicable MUSA reserve criteria. The reserve criteria are listed in the staff report. Utilities are available through already subdivided areas. The Park Board believes this development is generally consistent with what is proposed for that area; it is also consistent with the sewer and water comp plans. One of the biggest concerns is whether 62nd Street can adequately serve additional development. If the finding is made that the roadways are not adequate, consideration of a subdivision at this time would be premature. Chair Schaps noted that the Comprehensive Plan Task Force is underway to determine and uses throughout the City, and it may be premature for this property to be developed before the Task Force has studied the area. Mr. Brixius noted that there has not been a formal moratorium placed on development, and the City is obligated to consider any application on its own merit. Mr. Wessel stated that at the City Council meeting Monday, September 10, 1996, No. 11 of the MUSA criteria was modified to state that roadways serving the proposed development should be determined to be adequate to handle additional traffic as determined by an independent traffic engineer. If the roads are determined to be inadequate, the development proposal should be denied unless there is a financial commitment to upgrade the roadways. In addition, the City Council stipulated that MUSA would be allocated in the following manner: 1) 50 acres in 1996; 2) 50 acres in 1997; and 50 acres in 1998. It is hoped that this requirement will provide an opportunity for a balance continuum of commercial and residential development.