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Item No:5A Meeting Date: December 6, 2006 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Review and Consideration of a Preliminary Plat for the proposed “Knollwood Place” Townhouse Development; Planning Cases DE2006-005 and MA2006-003 Introduction: Integra Homes has submitted a preliminary plat for a 19-unit townhouse development at 2901 and 2925 County Road 10 and the west half of 8060 Groveland Road. This is a two part planning request: a Development Review and a Major Subdivision, since the three individual properties will be combined and platted for the townhomes. Background: The City preliminarily approved Integra Home’s request for a rezoning of their three lots to R-3, Medium Density Residential, holding a first reading of the rezoning ordinance in July 2006. The second and final reading of the ordinance will be done after the site plans final plat have been approved. The combined parcels equal approximately three acres with street frontage and access only onto County Road 10. The project area is completely surrounded by single family residential homes, although the property directly to the southeast is also a business, and the house directly to the northwest is used as higher density residential and also zoned R-3. The plans submitted are consistent with what was shown to the Planning Commission and City Council in July. Development Review Discussion: Chapter 1006 of the Mounds View City Code requires that any new development project larger than one or two family dwelling units must obtain approval of a development review. The purpose of a development review is to allow the Planning Commission to evaluate proposed development in terms of its consistency with City Codes and other requirements and to ascertain and mitigate any potential impacts to the adjoining properties and the community as a whole. The Planning Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council, which then acts upon the request. Parking: The parking requirements for a townhouse use are three stalls per unit, two of which shall be garage spaces. The applicant is proposing to build units with two car garages and the driveways will have space for two cars. There are also nine additional spaces for guest parking on the site. Setbacks: The proposed development meets the required building setbacks of 30 feet for the front yard, 20 feet for side yards, and 40 feet for the rear. All parking areas meet the required five foot setbacks.