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1 • Marshan Townhomes 2nd Addn. page 6 Stormwater Management: The existing stormwater management design for the area accommodates development on this site. Even so, the proposal includes some onsite infiltration. The Rice Creek Watershed District requires District review for multi -unit development over 2.5 acres. The Watershed District granted preliminary approval on June 23, though the site was redesigned since then. One of the conditions of approval is that the new design be reviewed by the Watershed. The developer should take note that the current design must be approved by the Watershed. Utilities: The project will be served with water and sanitary sewer via existing facilities in Aqua Circle. The pipes in the private drives will be private utilities, owned and maintained by the homeowner association. Landscaping: The existing townhomes screen this site from the lake, so screening is not an issue as it might be for lakeshore property. The proposed landscaping is adequate, Several species were changed according to the Environmental Board's recommendations, and planting locations on the new plan would not create sight line issues for the Aqua Lane /Lake Drive intersection. Lighting: No street or yard lighting is shown on the plans. There is no reason to provide any such lighting. Park Dedication: The following information was discussed at the July 14 meeting and is reiterated here. The applicant has maintained that land dedicated with the larger development included the dedication for most of the current four -acre site. Staff has researched the file for the Marshan condominiums project. The situation is complicated because there is some, but not complete overlap of the two project areas, the original project was not completely built, and the ordinance requirements for park dedication have changed. The 1995 project included 29.9 acres. A total of 139 units were approved for the project. The density then was 139/29.9 = 4.65 u/a. Part of the site included an area of 1.5 acres labeled "future commercial" in which no dwelling units were shown. One 5 -unit building did not get built, as it was on land not ultimately platted as part of the project. Both of these areas are within the four -acre site of the current proposal. At the time, the subdivision ordinance included a progressive scale: the percentage of land for park dedication increased as the density of a project increased. (This was adopted with Ordinance 05 -91.) A density of 3 to 5 units per acre required a park dedication of 12% of the land. Twelve percent of 29.9 acres is 3.6 acres. The developer dedicated a 3.0 acre park and a trail corridor of 0.6 acres, for a total of 3.6 acres.