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Shores of Oneka Lake Planned Unit Development Preliminary Plat Submittal Page 9 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT The City of Hugo allows Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) to offer enhance flexibility to develop a site through the relaxation of most normal zoning district standards. The proposed development will provide a mix of housing types, internal transfers of density, and construction phasing. The allowed flexibility will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive proposal than would have been the case with existing zoning standards. We believe that the development meets the City’s PUD criteria in the following ways: (1) The establishment of PUD zoning districts in appropriate settings and situations, to create or maintain a development pattern that complies with the city's comprehensive plan. Comment: The proposed development complies with the Comprehensive Plan in that the properties are guided for Low Density Residential, which allows a density of two to three units per acre, which can be increased up to four units per acre with a PUD. With 131.66 total acres less 25.89 acres of wetlands and 7.12 acres of floodplain, the property has a total buildable acreage of 98.65 acres. With 218 units, the net density is 2.21 lots per acre. Additionally, the Comprehensive Plan calls for a greater variety of life cycle housing, which is provided in this development. (2) The mixing of land uses within a development when such mixing of land uses could not otherwise be accomplished under this chapter. Comment: The standards within the R-3 zoning district (particularly the setbacks and maximum impervious surface) would not allow for villa or twinhome lots, as these are meant to have smaller lots with less maintenance. (3) Variations to the strict application of the land use regulations in this chapter in order to improve site design and operation, while at the same time incorporating design elements (e.g., construction materials, landscaping, lighting, open space, etc.) that exceed the city's standards to offset the effect of any variations. Comment: The site plan clusters the housing types giving the sense of smaller communities within the overall larger neighborhood. The development will offer a variety of housing options with quality construction materials with careful attention paid to ensuring the use of varied elevations and materials to avoid any monotony of architecture from the street. Additionally, the development proposes amenities available to residents along the lakeshore including docks, benches, and trails along the lakeshore. (4) A more creative and efficient approach to land use within the city, while at the same time protecting and promoting the health, safety, comfort, aesthetics, economic viability, and general welfare of the city. Comment: The development is sensitive to the wetlands on the site and will result in the construction of a roundabout connecting Trunk Highway 61 and 159th Street to Street AA of the Preliminary Plat. This roundabout will promote safer traffic circulation at this intersection. Additionally, the proposed design is moved back from the lake, providing open space dedicated to the City along the lakeshore that will provide opportunity for passive recreation by residents. (5) Preservation and enhancement of natural features and open spaces, including but not limited