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Clearwater Creek 3rd Addn. Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Rezone to PDO PDO Development Plan March 22, 1999 page 5 4. The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and will not overburden the City's service capacity. Capacity exists to serve the site with sewer and water. Public facility planning included projected needs of development in this area. The majority of the site is within the MUSA. A MUSA amendment will be necessary for the southeast 40 acres. 5. Traffic generation by the proposed use is within capabilities of streets serving the property. The roads in the area can handle the traffic generated by the proposed development. Staff is recommending approval of the rezoning to PDO based on the above findings. Preliminary Development Plan The application includes the preliminary development plan. A final development plan will be submitted in the future and will be reviewed by the P & Z Board and the City Council. Density: The total site is 162.7 acres with 34.6 acres of wetland, which leaves 128 acres of upland. Average density in the City has been two lots per acre. This would yield 256 lots. The proposal includes 243 single family lots. Gross density is 1.49 lots/acre. Net density, counting only the uplands, is 2.62 lots per acre. Lots and Blocks: The development takes advantage of the flexibility provided by a planned development. The typical lot and block sizes are altered to allow for the open space preservation. The typical standard limits block length to 1500 feet, and the City may require a pedestrian way through a block over 900 feet. There is one long unbroken length (Block 14) that reaches approximately 1600 feet without a. However, the topography and the wetland behind the lots makes it more advantageous to route the trail to the east of the wetland. Suggestions from the Environmental Board and Park Board include realigning short segments of trail. This would put the trail between Lots 2 & 3 Block 1 and between Lots 2 & 3 Block 5. This would allow a better connection with other trail segments.