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fully address all City Engineering comments. Key comments based on the ongoing review are summarized <br />below: <br />• Revisions will be required to the Preliminary Plat, Grading, Streets, Sanitary Sewer, Storm Sewer, Water <br />plans to bring them into compliance with City Standards. <br />• A 10 foot drainage and utility easement is required on both sides of the 5th St. N. corridor, this will mean <br />that 5th St. N. will need to be moved 10 feet to the south or that an easement is required on the existing <br />property to the North. <br />• Outlot A must be split to create a separate outlot containing HOA Maintained common areas for the <br />attached townhomes. <br /> <br />Landscape Architect Memo. The City’s Landscape Architect has provided a memo dated 5/18/2026 reviewing the <br />tree preservation and landscape plans submitted by the applicant. The plans set must be revised and/or modified <br />to meet City Standards. Several key comments are summarized below: <br />• Revisions are required to the Tree Preservation Plan to account for proposed removals, and to identify tree <br />protection for trees on neighboring properties that may be impacted by the project construction. <br />• Revisions are required to the Landscape Plan to meet City Code requirements related to the number of <br />trees to account for required landscaping and tree removal, required parking lot landscaping, and <br />screening requirements from less intensive uses. <br /> <br />RECOMENDED FINDINGS <br />Preliminary Plat/Preliminary PUD. Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plat/Preliminary Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD) for PID 36.029.21.41.0001 & 36.029.21.42.0001 based on the following findings: <br />1. The Preliminary PUD Plan is consistent with the intent of the 2040 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan and <br />the 2040 Land Use Map for this area. <br />2. The preliminary PUD Plan complies with the general intent of the Medium Density Residential and High <br />Density Residential zoning districts with PUD modifications. <br />3. The preliminary PUD Plan generally complies with the Lake Elmo Design Guidelines and Standards <br />Manual. <br />4. The preliminary plat generally complies with the City’s Subdivision regulations. <br />5. The preliminary plat generally complies with the City’s design standards. <br />6. The preliminary plat generally complies with the City’s Zoning Code with the exceptions provided for in <br />the PUD. <br />7. The preliminary PUD Plan meets the minimum requirements for a PUD identified in Section 105.12.1150 <br />and Section 105.12.1130, Identified Objectives for PUDs, subp. b, c, d, e, g, h, and i as follows: <br />b. Promotion of integrated land uses, allowing for a mixture of residential, commercial, and public <br />facilities. <br />c. Establishment of appropriate transitions between differing land uses. <br />d. Provision of more adequate, usable, and suitably located open space, recreational amenities, natural <br />resource protection and other public facilities than would otherwise be provided under <br />conventional land development techniques. <br />e. Accommodation of housing of all types with convenient access to employment opportunities and/or <br />commercial facilities; and especially to create additional opportunities for lifecycle housing to all <br />income and age groups.