#16 - Highpointe Crossing Preliminary Plat and OP PUD

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Highpointe Crossing - 2298 Inwood Ave N – Lake Elmo – Preliminary Plat Narrative June 7, 2024 Page 24 24 • Providing city water vs. private wells • Site layout works with existing topography of the site • Open space provided in 5 ac or greater contiguous parcels • Low Impact Design Roadway - 29’ B to B Roadway (no parking one side) within 60’ ROW • Flexibilities requested to OP-PUD Code/City Standards • 65 units vs. 34 units o Increased density from 34 unit (.45 units/net acre) to 65 units (0.86 units/net acre) • Grass Trail vs Paved Trail o Substituting over 5,968 feet of grass trail for 3,550 feet of paved trail to meet and possibly exceed the required trail which is supposed to be a paved trail equivalent to the length of street. • 50% impervious vs 25% Impervious o Due in large part to the smaller lot sizes we are asking for up to 50% of lot area to be impervious, as mentioned above even with this the overall site will only have 18.64% impervious. • 50’ Street Tree Spacing o Asking for trees every 50’ which is the City’s typical standard vs. 30’ which is asked for in the OP-PUD • Landscaping Requirements Five 1.5” Landscaping Trees per Lot vs. ten. o Asking to reduce landscaping standard to five 1.5” trees per lot vs. ten 1.5” trees per lot and to allow substituting larger caliper trees for smaller. For example, 3” would be the equivalent to two 1.5” trees. • 10’ Side yard set-back o 10’ side yard vs 15’ side yard – Lot width is 70’ • 11,200 sf Minimum Lot Size o Reduce lot size from 21,780 sf to 11,200 sf. • Allow 3:1 or flatter slopes o Clarify that for this OP-PUD steep slopes are slopes in excess of 3:1. • 2.021 ac Homestead Parcel o Allowance to create a homestead parcel with its own rules, 20’ setbacks all around and private septic. This homestead parcel would then be sold separately and not be part of the subdivision. • Monument Sign o 20’ from County ROW, Adjacent to City ROW, Monument to be 10’ high, and Sign to be located no higher than 7’ from the ground. • 1% slopes within open space storm water swales o The open space swales are intended to convey water slowly across the site. These are not within homesites and the speed at which they dry out is not as significant a concern. Over time the slow draining swales will encourage more natural storm water treatment aided by the deep rooted native and evapotranspiration.