Date: February 15, 2018
To: Members of the Planning Commission
From: Scott Tempel, City Planner
Title
Review of Draft Southbridge Development Concepts
Body
Action Requested:
The Planning Commission is requested to provide preliminary review of two adjacent development proposals. Preliminary Review by the Planning Commission is an option in the Type 4 development procedure where the Planning Commission provides initial feedback to the developer without rendering any decisions.
8.4.7 (C) Preliminary Review by the Planning Commission
The applicant may request preliminary review with a quorum of the planning commission prior to submitting an application, except that a preliminary review meeting with the planning commission shall be required if the project contains environmentally significant areas as described in the comprehensive plan, Chapter 5, or park plan components as described in the comprehensive plan, Chapter 8. The purpose of the work session is to provide feedback to the applicant regarding the proposal (See Section 8.3.4, Effect of Pre-application Meetings and Preliminary Review).
Summary Report:
Over the past several months, Community Development staff have been working on two residential development concepts on adjacent properties. One project comes from the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) to build a second phase of multifamily housing and complete a development concept for the remainder of the HRA owned land in the neighborhood. The second project comes from Vernon Koester to complete the remainder of the Southbridge residential subdivision.
The subject properties are located at the extreme southern boundary of the City directly east of Division Street (246). Attachment 1 shows the ownership and location of these development properties. The aerial shows how the property has been preliminarily graded. This occurred in 2004 when the property had an approved development plan called Southbridge.
Southbridge was proposed by the A...
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