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<br />Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of Thursday, May 9, 2024 <br /> <br />Chair Kleissler called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. <br /> <br />PRESENT: Andress, Arcand, Derr, Kelly, Kleissler, Petty <br /> <br />ABSENT: Granger, Lessard <br /> <br />STAFF: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br />Max Gort, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes for the Planning Commission Meeting of April 11, 2024 <br /> <br />Commissioner Derr made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Andress, to approve the minutes for <br />the Planning Commission meeting of April 11, 2024. <br /> <br />All ayes. <br />Motion carried. <br /> <br />Public Hearing: M/I Homes of Minneapolis/St. Paul, LLC. – Request for an amendment to the PUD for <br />“The Shores of Oneka Lake 4th Addition” to create 25 single-family detached lots, from the previously <br />approved 24 twin home lots. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Gort presented background on the request to amend the Planned Unit Development <br />(PUD) General Plan for the Shores of Oneka Lake development. The PUD General Plan was approved <br />with the Preliminary Plat in 2022, allowing for 218 lots with a net density of 2.2 units per acre. The <br />development received flexibility on lot size, lot width, setbacks, impervious surface coverage, and <br />shoreland overlay district rules. In exchange for the flexibility, the developer designed a more sensitive <br />proposal with extensive trails, landscaping, and stormwater reuse for irrigation. The proposed <br />amendment to the PUD would change the 24 twin home lots in the 4 th phase into 25 detached single- <br />family lots, that are built on narrower lots with narrower homes than typical single-family lots. The <br />applicant is marketing these products with the name “carriage homes.” Staff reviewed the request and <br />concluded that the proposed amendment was consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and the <br />Shores of Oneka Lake PUD. Staff recommended approval of the PUD Amendment to the Planning <br />Commission, subject to the conditions in the resolution. <br /> <br />Commissioner Petty asked if there were any carriage homes in the original PUD. Community <br />Development Director Juba said that there were not. <br /> <br />Emily Becker of M/I Homes of Minneapolis/St. Paul, LLC. addressed the Planning Commission. Becker <br />stated that the requested amendment was due to mar ket conditions, and that twin homes have not <br />been popular in any of the company’s developments in the Twin Cities area. Becker stated that the