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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for August 21, 2017 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-021 - Pulte Homes - Concept Plan Review - Parkshore Drive Properties\Memos_Reports_17-021 Page 3 of 5 central fire pit gathering area (Attachment C). The front side of the townhomes would be oriented towards Parkshore Drive, the City-owned property to the northwest, and Interstate 694. Private garages would be located at the rear of the units so as to be screened from view from the perimeter of the site. The development would be buffered with trees and landscaping, especially along I-694 and the shared property line with the single-family home to the southeast. The development would be accessed by two new driveways along Parkshore Drive: one aligned with Bruberry Lane and the second on the south side of the cul-de-sac at the end of Parkshore Drive. An internal private street would provide access to the individual units. The private street was designed to be in conformance with Lake Johanna Fire Department requirements. The concept plan includes 37 parking stalls along the private street for additional guest parking. Walking paths are shown along the front of each townhome building and extend throughout the development. The design of the townhomes would be similar to other projects recently completed by Pulte. The company has provided photographs from the Enclave project in New Brighton as an example (Attachment D). Variation in the design of the individual units would be achieved through the use of different architectural features and paint color. Pulte notes in their narrative that 25 different façade schemes were used for the 36 units in the Enclave development. Additionally, the front façades would be articulated to achieve an offset of two feet between each unit. In order to address stormwater management, two collection ponds are proposed. The larger of the two ponds would have a surface area of 15,200 square feet and is currently being shown located on the adjacent City-owned park property. Pulte notes in the project narrative that this is a natural low area that would be a convenient location for a stormwater pond. City staff is not supportive of the use of City land for the private stormwater management required for the development. The second pond would be located on the eastern side of the site and partially within the Old Highway 10 right-of-way. Old Highway 10 is a Ramsey County roadway and the location of the pond in their right-of-way would require County approval. The current R-1 zoning of the site does not permit single-family attached dwellings. In order to move forward with the development, the properties would need to be rezoned to R-3 – Townhouse and Low-Density Multiple Dwelling District. Single-family attached dwellings are allowed in the R-3 District as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). A PUD allows for the development of a site in a unified manner and gives the City the ability to relax the strict application of standard zoning and subdivision requirements. In exchange, a project is required to better forward the goals and purpose of the Comprehensive Plan. Based on the current proposal of 59 townhome units, the development would have a density of approximately 11.1 units per acre. The R-3 District permits a maximum density of 8 units per acre and flexibility would need to be granted for the additional density through the PUD process. As noted previously, the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan currently supports medium density residential uses for the site in the range of 6 to 9 units per acre. Therefore, a Comprehensive Plan