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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED •1 City Planner Smyser presented the following specific highlights: 2 3 Premature Subdivision Standards and MUSA Allocation Criteria: These are included in the General 4 Provisions, Sec. 1002. A proposed plat will be compared to these standards to ensure there is 5 adequate infrastructure to support the plat. 6 7 Road or Highways to Serve the Subdivision: There have been many discussions on the level of 8 service necessary. The question raised is can a development be denied if it does not make a bad 9 situation worse. This has been revised to mandate that the level of service, graded A through F, must 10 not degrade due to the development, and if currently an E or an F, must be improved as part of the 11 proposed project to ensure a level of service D or better. 12 13 Several items refer to the City's growth management policy: this is Ordinance 01-03, which will set 14 out specific methods to monitor growth and keep it at the desired level. 15 16 Concept Plan Review: An informal concept plan step has been added. It is not mandatory but is 17 strongly recommended. Staff expects most developers will participate. This was called a sketch plan 18 but has been changed to concept plan. 19 20 Preliminary Plat: Requirements are laid out and include a tree preservation plan and a phasing plan. 21 22 Tree Plan: The tree plan requirements do not mandate preserving a specified number or 23 percentage of trees. Rather, they require a complete inventory of all significant trees on the site. The •24 inventory will indicate which trees will be affected by the development. City staff and the developer 25 will discuss the potential for saving trees, and the plan will then clearly list which trees will be lost 26 and which will be saved. If trees are lost that were designated to be saved, they must be replaced at a 27 2:1 ratio. 28 29 Phasing Plan: The required phasing plan for each plat will specify a schedule for the final platting of 30 portions of the development. Staff then can track exactly how many lots will be created in each of 31 several years in the future. This section links the ordinance to the growth management policy. In 32 fact, there is some overlap. There are two changes proposed for this section, as shown on Attachment 33 A. In paragraph 2 of 1004.8 it is recommended to add `if applicable under the growth management 34 policy'. Phasing plans are only required for subdivisions of 40 lots or more. Also a sentence added 35 to paragraph C, which reads `Plans for the construction of streets and facilities for sanitary sewer and 36 water also must take into consideration the phasing plan'. The second change is on 1004.9, paragraph 37 6. This paragraph will be entirely replaced with new wording, which states `Traffic study for the 38 subdivision including existing and projected traffic generation, distribution, capacity of existing 39 streets, and levels of service. Projections shall include conditions both with and without the project'. 40 41 Final Plat: Requirements include bringing final plats through the Planning & Zoning Board as well 42 as the City Council. Because of the importance of the phasing plans, staff thought it a good idea to 43 have the P & Z aware of how the growth management system is working. 44 45 It was noted on 1005.4, paragraphs 5a and 5b address final grading and utility plans and are important 46 points for growth management. This was rephrased at the direction of Council from a work session •47 and instructs that grading can be performed on the entire site but sanitary sewer or water facilities can 48 not be built until final plat approval. 18