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SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 30, 2002 • An "infill policy" was adopted by the City in 1992 and has been incorporated into the premature subdivision section. • MUSA allocation (page 1002.5): • Note the statement regarding a phasing plan and the City's commitment to it. • MUSA reserve criteria were adopted in 1996 and are incorporated into the New ordinance. • Sketch plan: an initial submittal of a plat to provide for informal discussion prior to a preliminary plat submittal. This will not be mandatory because of deadlines and schedule requirements. It will be advantageous for a developer to utilize this opportunity for informal discussions with staff and the boards before spending the significant amount of money on a preliminary plat submittal. • Preliminary plat: among other requirements is a phasing plan the schedule for different phases to be final platted. tge 1004.8) depicting • There remains the question of a requirement fd z-' pletion of a specified percentage of one phase before the develo can submit the final plat for the next phase. In theory, it sounds like a good id a to enure timely development of an approved plat. The problem, what do we u to determine "completion"? Number of lots sold? Permits issue 9 Certificates of occupation? The P & Z discussed having loth Ulyandscaped before being considered complete. However, that is often thresponsibility of the homeowner, and neither the builder nor the developer con an. Staff now believe that suchrequirement is not practical. We recommend deleting the requient on pages 1004.11 (last sentence, paragraph 16) and 1005.5 (paragraph2 a., second sentence) • Final plat (Sec. 1007) Each phase will be final platted according to the phasing plan approved with the preliminary plat. An important change is that we will no longer allow grading or other site work to begin until after final plat approval. Work cannot begin without an approved development agreement. Currently, we approve development agreements after preliminary plat approval, but prior to final plat. Development should not occur outside the MUSA, and MUSA reserve will be allocated with the final plat. Therefore, under the new ordinance, the City Council will approve the development agreement along with the final plat, along with MUSA allocation. • Minor Subdivisions (Sec. 1006) 2