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• Highland Meadows East 2 °° Addition page 5 and 11. The exact location of these must not interfere with the stormwater pipe that was added to the plan. The P & Z recommended two additional screening trees north of the central guest parking stalls. There were four shown. Only one has been added. One more is needed. A storm sewer pipe runs between them. Any more trees could interfere with the stormwater pipe. The plan notes include requiring the City's seed mixture around the ponds. Streets, Access, Parking: The proposal includes a private drive of 26'. A PUD allows private streets with a minimum 26' width. The access drive will align with Nancy Drive on the north side of 79th St. The reduced pavement width will reduce impervious surface. When Highland Meadows East was platted, a 60' gap was created to allow for a public street right of way. The additional width would become part of the landscaped open space. There is no street light at this intersection. One should be added with this development, as is typical with new developments. This is a condition of approval. The plan provides for guest parking stalls. This is a good idea because there is so little curb space that is not broken up by driveways. The minimum amount of offstreet parking is 2 1/4 spaces per unit. The garages and driveways provide this, but guest parking is a smart feature. The private drive exceeds the normal 500' maximum for a cul de sac. A private drive is allowable as part of a PUD, as is the additional length. Parks: The subdivision ordinance includes park dedication requirements. Park dedication is $1665 per residential unit, less any land dedication. There is no land dedication needed, so the park dedication will be $1665 x the number of units for 18 units. This would total $29,970. Open Space: A PUD requires that a minimum of 50% of land subdivided for development shall be reserved as common open space. We have been examining the PUD requirements over the last year Urban developments differ from rural developments in that "open space" just isn't as "open" in an urban development, especially the smaller ones. We have been using pervious surface for urban developments to calculate the "open space ". This admittedly is imperfect, but provides a workable method for now as we gain experience with the new ordinance provisions and learn what needs to be revised. The project provides the following: square feet percentage total Area of Site 151,150 total impervious 58,561 39% total pervious 92,589 61%