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WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Director submitted a report and recommendation on the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD as part of a memorandum to the City Council for the December 20, 2022 City Council Meeting; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD application for the Schiltgen Farmstead project at its meeting held on December 20, 2022 and made the following findings of fact: Findings of Fact for Preliminary Plat/Preliminary PUD: 1. That the Preliminary PUD Plan would be consistent with the intent of the 2040 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan and the 2040 Land Use Map for this area. 2. That the Preliminary PUD Plan complies with the general intent of the Village -Low Density Residential zoning district with PUD modifications. 3. That the Preliminary PUD Plan generally complies with the Lake Elmo Design Guidelines and Standards Manual. 4. That the Preliminary Plat generally complies with the City's Subdivision regulations. 5. That the Preliminary Plat generally complies with the City's design standards. 6. That the Preliminary Plat generally complies with the City's Zoning Code (including Shoreland Zoning) with the exceptions provided for in the PUD. 7. That the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD Plan must be revised to address the continents noted in the City Engineer's memorandum dated December 12, 2022. 8. That the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD Plan must be revised to address the comments noted in the memo from Washington County dated December 5, 2022. 9. That the preliminary PUD Plan must be revised to be consistent with City's landscape plan and tree replacement standards pursuant to the Landscape Architects memo dated December 7, 2022. 10. That the Preliminary Plat and Preliminary PUD Plan must be revised to address the comments noted in the Fire Department memo dated November 30, 2022. 11. That the Preliminary PUD Plan meets the minimum requirements for a PUD. 12. That the preliminary PUD Plan meets items c, f, g and i from the identified PUD objectives identified in Section 105.12.1130. Planned unit developments should not be allowed simply for the purpose of increasing overall density or allowing development that otherwise could not be approved. a. Innovation in land development techniques that may be more suitable for a given parcel than conventional approaches. b. Promotion of integrated land uses, allowing for a mixture of residential, commercial, and public facilities. c. Provision of more adequate, usable, and suitably located open space, recreational amenities, natural resource protection and other public facilities than would otherwise be provided under conventional land development techniques.