City Council Meeting Date: August 2, 2016
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Scott Tempel, City Planner
Chris Heineman, Community Planning and Development Director
Title
Consideration of an Agreement for Storm Sewer Improvement
Body
Action Requested:
Staff recommends approval of the Resolution authorizing the City to enter into an agreement for the installation of municipal storm sewer at 1012 East Woodley Street. Note this will require a super majority vote (5/7) for the fund balance transfer.
Summary Report:
City staff has been working with a local developer on an infill development project at 1012 East Woodley Street since 2014. The developer wished to maximize development on the lot using the existing N1 residential zoning. The N1 zoning district includes multi-family dwellings as a principle permitted use, which is also in line with the Comprehensive Plan goals of encouraging infill development with a mix of housing types. Therefore, a proposal for a seven unit multi-family rental building was submitted for site plan review, following the Type II review process per the Land Development Code (LDC).
The first of a series of Development Review Committee (DRC) meetings on the project was held on May 2, 2016. A tree inventory was completed by a certified arborist and a replacement plan that meets the requirements of the Land Development Code had been completed and approved. The developer was granted permission to clear the existing buildable lot and staff recommended the developer contact the neighbors prior to work commencing. Clearance was necessary due to the amount of deadfall, illegal dumping and dangerous trees on the property. Those factors presented a safety threat, would cause interference with the survey work and create a more difficult environment for clearing the lot because the vegetation would have leafed out. The tree replacement plan is provided as attachment 5.
Although the LDC does not require public input...
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