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• • • NARRATIVE FOR CENTURY FARM NORTH LINO LAKES, MN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN/DENSITY RECF1VVF NOV 2 2 2002 Ci`0' Lias0 LAKES The CENTURY FARM NORTH project contains 95.122 acres and is located adjacent to and north of the existing Behms Century Farm subdivision and the Lino Air Park. The recently adopted land use plan resulted in the guiding of 78.222 acres as medium density (3 -6 unit/acre) with the balance of 16.900 acres guided low density (1 -3 units /acre). The net developable area (total area less existing wetlands) is 13.870 acres of low density and 71.390 acres of medium density. This results in an allowable density of 228 units to 469 units. The proposed project contains 250 units. The low density area contains 27 units at a net density of 1.95 units /acre and the medium density area contains 223 units at a net density of 3.12 units /acre. The overall net density is 2.93 units /acre. EXISTING SITE CONSTRAINTS The existing site offers several site design challenges. The southern portion is covered with wooded areas with wetlands and a county ditch. The southeast edge of the site abuts the existing Lino Air Park with a private grass runway. The west edge of the site abuts and accesses to Sunset Road (County Road 53). The northern portion of the site is open meadow with scattered brush and trees. The east side of the site abuts a private ditch. The site contains 9.845 acres of scattered wetlands. The county ditch effectively drains the site and connects to the ponding system designed into the Behm's Century Farm project. The land to the north and east of the site is currently being used as sod fields. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT In order to integrate the proposed residential uses with above constraints and meet the required density of the Comprehensive Plan, it is proposed to use the PDA overlay zone. It is proposed to incorporate four distinct housing types and a significant park and open space area. The southwest portion of the site uses traditional single family lots to transition from the existing single family areas of the Behms Century Farm project into the town home portions of the northern part of the site. 15 larger air park lots are used adjacent to the air park runway to provide both a physical buffer to the runway and to provide land use compatibility next to the Air Park. Single family detached town homes are used as a transition between the traditional single family lots and the attached town homes clustered around the major central amenity of the 22.6 acres of park and open space. PHASING PLAN The project is proposed to be developed in 6 phases starting in the southwest and progressing to the north and east and ultimately connecting to Sunset Road in the northwest corner of the project. The Phases range in size from 30 units to 61 units. The 1st addition contains the 1St phase of the park/ open space and three housing types: 34 traditional single family lots, 6 air park lots and 21 single family detached town home lots for a total of 6 lunits. The second addition provides the connection to existing Carl Street and includes 9 air park lots, 19 single family detached town homes and 12 attached town homes. Additions 3, 4, 5 and 6 continue the medium density plan and includes the rd phase of the park and the east -west minor collector road included in the Comprehensive Plan.