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• • • PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING December 19, 1989 this site. The minutes show approval of one. The board was presented with plans showing 26 lots on 13.5 acres, and Outlot A would serve as a drainage retention pond. That area covers about 1 1/4 acres. No trails or park area is shown. Mr. Miller stated that this is an undesirable plat and feels that the subdivision should not be approved. Also Dan Boxrud in his memorandum to the board states, "I cannot recommend approval of the preliminary plat as proposed due to the following: 1. Many double frontage lots are proposed contrary to city code. 2. The cul -de -sac length is far in excess of that allowed by city code. 3. Additional right -of -way and other platting requirements need to be added to the plat. 4. The grading and drainage plan will not work as proposed. To these reasons the city planner adds: 1. Outlot A will probably become tax forfeit and city responsibility for maintenance and a city liability. 2. The planning and zoning board has long been on record as requiring landscaping of man - -made drainage ponds and requiring contours resembling a natural ponds. The proposed plat does not show this. 3. No park or trail provisions. 4. No berming or landscaping of double- frontage lots. 5. (As noted by the engineer) An inability to screen the double - frontage lots from the freeway. John Miller explained that this area is an entrance to the city. The EDC has discussed this fact, and if the plat before the board is approved, the image people will be presented with from the highway will not be good. Also Mr. Miller stated that he cannot think of an instance where the board has allowed a cul -de -sac over 500 feet. MOTION: Mr. Chase moved to recommend to the City Council denial of the Preliminary Plat for Willow Ponds, Application