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• • Zoning, Subdivision Ordinances: Lino Lakes recently adopted new zoning and subdivision ordinances. The requirements of the new ordinances will apply to any new development. The site currently is zoned R -X Rural Executive. As such, 10 -acre lot size minimums apply. The project proposal includes a rezoning to a single - family residential zone that would include municipal sewer and water service. The proposed R -1X Single Family Executive zoning district has a lot minimum of 12,825 sf. The project is located within a shoreland management overlay district that includes land within 1000 feet of the ordinary high water level (OHWL) of Wards Lake. Item 14 includes a discussion of the shoreland overlay requirements. The proposed project includes the platting of individual lots. The subdivision ordinance governs platting. The maximum cul de sac length is 500 feet. The existing cul de sac, Wild Turkey Trail and Ruffed Grouse Rd., is over 1000 feet. The proposed project would extend this nonconforming situation. The project includes numerous unusual physical aspects. The zoning and subdivision requirements of the City's ordinances would not allow the project as proposed. Shoreland setbacks cannot be met, private roads are not normally allowed, the private road is in the shore impact area, and the road will extend a cul de sac that already exceeds the maximum length of 500 feet. Because of these and potentially other inconsistencies with ordinance requirements, the proposal includes the use of a planned unit development (PUD). Under the newly amended zoning ordinance, this project would require the use of a PUD rezoning. A PUD is not intended simply to be a way to avoid development ordinance standards. A PUD offers the opportunity to deviate from strict application of ordinance requirements to achieve goals — such as more efficient use of land and preservation of desirable site characteristics that would not be possible when adhering to normal ordinance requirements. Several elements, such as a preservation area buffer along one side of the island and the swales, would promote environmental goals. An important question for the proposed project is whether the proposed design meets enough of such goals to justify the many deviations from normal requirements. The decision to approve or deny the application for a PUD rezoning and preliminary plat is separate from the EAW process. Information gathered for this EAW will help in making that decision, but it is not the purpose of the EAW to definitively answer the question of whether to approve or deny the project. Environmental Assessment Worksheet Page 21 Pheasant Hills 12'" Addition