#12 - Landucci Twinhomes Preliminary Plat and PUD

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City Council Meeting March 21, 2023 Page 10 Staff asked that the dissenting Planning Commissioners provide findings to the City Council for denial. Those findings are summarized by staff below: • The Developer did not provide reasonable solutions to issues raised through public comments. Those issues were specifically landscaping and tree preservation. • The deviations requested by the Developer were not supported. RECOMMENDATION: Staff have reviewed the findings of fact provided by the Planning Commissioners in favor of denial and offer the following comments: • A requirement for regional ponding between two private developments is both impractical and inadvisable at this time. Staff and both of the surrounding developers do not have enough information to verify that the stormwater from the proposed Wildflower Twinhomes development could be accommodated on the Wildflower at Lake Elmo site. Regional ponding would still be required to meet Valley Branch Watershed District rules and may require more land area or other improvements that cannot be identified yet at this time. Staff also find that, at this point in the development process, requiring regional ponding would not be advisable. Such a requirement would go above and beyond any zoning or engineering standards and necessitate an agreement between two private properties. Such a requirement was not anticipated or planned for in any of the City’s guiding planning documents. • Staff find that the development meets the minimum requirements for a PUD. Staff have also identified several ways in which the City could find that this development meets the Identified Objectives for PUD projects. The City Council should review staff’s findings in this area to make a determination of whether a PUD is warranted, and if so, which deviations are acceptable. Based on the above analysis of the proposed development, City staff find the proposal to be generally in line with the City’s adopted ordinances and policies. Staff is therefore recommending the City Council take the following action for the proposed project at PID 13.029.21.21.0009: Preliminary PUD/Preliminary Plat Should the City Council agree with staff’s recommendations and findings, it should approve the proposed preliminary PUD plan and preliminary plat for the subject property with the recommended findings and conditions of approval listed in the staff report. “Motion to adopt Resolution 2023-024 approving the preliminary plat and PUD requested by Landucci Construction, Inc. for the subject property based on the findings of fact and recommended conditions of approval listed in the staff report.”