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RE: Cattle House Restaurant — PUD Attributes <br />April 10, 2020 <br />Criteria (4) A more creative and efficient approach to land use within the city, while at the same time <br />protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, economic viability, and general welfare of <br />the city. <br />Response: It is the goal of the developer to create a destination where the public gathers as a <br />community for planned seasonal activities focused on the lake and wellness. A dock is proposed to <br />facilitate lake access for peddle boats and canoes. In the winter there may be ice skating and <br />snowmobile races. A farmers market would provide residents with the opportunity to support local <br />agriculture. <br />The high quality restaurant and event center fill an identified need in the community. <br />Criteria (5) Preservation and enhancement of natural features and open spaces, including but not limited to <br />the width expansion of greenway corridors, conservation of wooded areas, development of buffer areas, <br />reduction of impervious surface, and utilization of joint facilities and utilities. <br />Response: In addition to the design elements previously described the site has been engineered to <br />optimize development potential through the use of an innovative stormwater management system <br />that facilitates the infiltration of all runoff through the use of 100% porous pavement. Besides the <br />obvious environmental benefit this allows open space to be used for active and passive recreation <br />rather than stormwater management. The plan avoids direct wetland impacts and preserves <br />mature trees along the shoreline and in the northeast corner of the site. <br />By seamlessly blending the parking facilities for each of the four proposed buildings it is possible to <br />limit the overall number of parking stalls while still providing sufficient parking for large gatherings <br />at the event center and special community events. <br />Criteria (6) Maintenance or improvement for the efficiency of public streets and utilities. <br />Response: The site has been designed to integrate the established intersection at 146t" Street North <br />as its main access. A secondary access to Highway 61 is proposed at the north end of the site. The <br />site utility plan takes advantage of the existing sanitary sewer that bisects the site. The water <br />system offers a needed upgrade to the existing system by looping to provide a redundancy in the <br />system. The site plan provides opportunities to extend the redevelopment to the north and south <br />without the need for additional access points onto the highway. <br />Criteria (7) Establishment of appropriate transitions between differing land uses. <br />Response: The site has been designed with a significant open space buffer to the residential <br />properties to the north east. Landscape screening is provided to the residence immediately to the <br />north while preserving the opportunity for that site to ultimately redevelop in a manner similar to <br />this redevelopment. The business uses to the south of this development are similar in nature and <br />require limited transitions. <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />