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July 28, 2022 PC Minutes Page 2 buildable acres. The property is currently owned by the City of Hugo and the applicant has a purchase agreement to purchase the property in phases. The PUD General Plan includes 5 buildings totaling 63,000 square feet, which includes 24,732 square feet for a second story of a couple buildings. The mix of uses are restaurants (18,000 square feet), retail (25,000 square feet), and office (20,000). The plan includes a downtown main street concept, promenade in the center, and a waterfront boardwalk intended to give residents and guests views of Egg Lake. The preliminary plat includes four lots that will generally have a building on each lot with cross access and parking agreements. A property owners association will be required to be created to maintain the private drives, landscaping, lighting, and other common areas. The applicant is requesting flexibility from the shoreland, parking and setback regulations. In exchange for this flexibility the applicant is providing a landscape plan that exceeds ordinance standards, design standards and architecture that exceed ordinance standards, creation of a main street atmosphere in the Central Business District, and public access to Egg Lake. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan shows the land use being Mixed-Use (MIX). The PUD is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan in terms of land use. It is in staff’s opinion that the PUD general plan has offered a creative and efficient method to planning the site, all which meets the intent of the PUD ordinance. The preliminary plat includes 4 lots. The development is proposed in phases. Lot 1, Block 1 is proposed as the first phase and is proposed to be a restaurant. The applicant will be required to apply for a PUD final plan and final plat for each lot in the PUD. The applications meet the criteria for approval and are also consistent with the downtown plan and design guidelines. Staff recommended the Planning Commission approve the PUD and preliminary applications, subject to the conditions listed in the resolutions. Commissioner Petty asks Staff about the trash enclosure being located facing a nearby residential property. Juba responds that location of the trash enclosure will be further discussed with the applicant due to nearby residents and eventual goals of cross-access with other downtown commercial developments. Commissioner Arcand asks about the long-term effects of compromising on parking, especially if the development becomes popular. Staff is of the opinion that the required 380 spaces isn’t ful ly necessary, but also that the proposed 245 spaces is not enough. Due to phasing, the final PUD plan will have individual use evaluations for parking as they’re reviewed. Arcand says he is concerned about the possibility of reducing building square footage in order to reduce parking, and Commissioner Andress remarks that there is no proposed overflow parking. Juba states that parking will be evaluated as each individual building is evaluated, and that the appropriate amount of parking will be dictated by the use of each building.