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Planning Report
DATE: January 12, 2022
TO: Centerville City Council
FROM: Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec
REQUEST: Centra North LLC - Planned Unit Development, Preliminary Plat
Sorel Quarter Townhouse Project
ADDRESS: Block 7 (7073 Centerville Road and other adjacent parcels)
PIDS: Multiple Parcels (see legal description below)
OWNER: City of Centerville
INTRODUCTION
Centra North LLC is applying for a Planned Unit
Development (PUD, processed as a CUP) and preliminary
plat for a 26-unit townhouse development on the eight
city-owned lots known as Block 7 in ÑdowntownÒ
Centerville.
The project has been reviewed by the Planning & Zoning
Commission and City Council. We are asking the City
Council now to approve the Preliminary Plat and the
Conditional Use Permit (CUP for the PUD, based on revised
materials that Centra North has recently submitted.
January 12, 2022
Centerville City Council
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RE: Centra North LLC - Planned Unit Development, Preliminary Plat, Sorel Quarter Townhouse Project
RECOMMENDATIONS
Preliminary Plat
We recommend approval of the preliminary plat for Sorel Quarter prepared by Carlson McCain
dated 10-21-2021, as submitted with the following conditions:
1) Detailed Civil, Landscape, Lighting and other required plans be submitted, reviewed and
approved by the City Engineer, City Planner, Public Works and Public Safety officials.
2) The applicant will receive approvals from other agencies with jurisdiction over elements of
the plat, including the Rice Creek Watershed District, Anoka County and others.
3) The Planning and Zoning Commission will have Final Architectural Review authority.
Findings of Fact Ï Preliminary Plat
1) The City has standards for the subdivision of land, dedication of right-of-way and
easements, and provision of public streets and utilities to ensure orderly development.
2) The proposed plat for Sorel Quarter complies with City standards including the Downtown
Master Plan and Development Guidelines and is acceptable.
Planned Unit Development Ï Conditional Use Permit
We recommend approval of the conditional use permit for the Planned Unit Development for
Sorel Quarter as submitted on revised plans from Carlson McCain dated 12-21-2021, the City
Council Update letter from Centra Homes dated 1-12-2022, and architectural plans from Godden
Sudik Architects dated 1-3-2022, with the following conditions:
1) A lighting plan will be submitted showing all downcast cutoff type fixtures that allow no
more than 0.5 footcandle onto neighboring properties or public right-of-way.
2) The landscape plan will be implemented as revised to include additional plants in the rock
mulch between the buildings on the Centerville Road side of the project.
3) The regional trail will be aligned through the site as shown on the revised plans to provide
safe crossings of Heritage Street and Sorel Street.
4) Decorative lighting will be added at the north and south entry points to the trail as shown
on the revised plan, in the boulevards of Sorel Street and Heritage Street.
January 12, 2022
Centerville City Council
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RE: Centra North LLC - Planned Unit Development, Preliminary Plat, Sorel Quarter Townhouse Project
5) Exterior materials will be as shown on plans from Godden Sudik Architects and detailed in
the City Council Update letter.
6) An entry monument will be provided at the corner of Centerville Road and Sorel Street to
identify the area, as shown on the site plan and illustrated in concept in the City Council
Update letter of 1-12-2022, to be reviewed and approved in detail at the building permit
stage by the city engineer and city planner.
7) Homeowners association documents for the project will be reviewed and approved by the
city administrator and city attorney.
8) All engineering requirements and conditions of the city engineer will be followed.
9) A development agreement will be prepared, reviewed, and approved by the city
administrator and city attorney and recorded against all properties in the development.
Findings of Fact Ï Approval of the PUD/CUP
1) The City of Centerville has an adopted downtown Master Plan that has policies and design
guidelines for the subject property.
2) The CityÔs comprehensive plan guides the subject property Central Business District/Mixed
Use and the property is zoned in the CityÔs zoning ordinance M-2 Mixed Use Neighborhood
district.
3) The City through its plan and zoning wishes to establish a dense, mixed use neighborhood
with an emphasis on pedestrian access, architectural character and access to open
space and other destinations in the city.
4) The City has standards for landscaping, lighting, architectural design, and other issues
which are reasonable and necessary to achieving the goals for development of the
downtown area.
5) The proposed Sorel Quarter project meets the intent of the design guidelines and the CityÔs
zoning ordinance for the M-2 district and for a planned unit development.
DEADLINES FOR FINAL ACTION
The preliminary plat application was received on October 7, 2021. There is a separate 120-day
deadline for action on preliminary plats. Final deadline for action by the City Council is February 5,
2022.
The conditional use permit application was received on October 7, 2021. The 60-day deadline for
final action by the City Council was December 7, 2021, which was extended by the City an
additional 60 days to February 5, 2022, as allowed per State statute 15.99.
January 12, 2022
Centerville City Council
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RE: Centra North LLC - Planned Unit Development, Preliminary Plat, Sorel Quarter Townhouse Project
Legal Description
The current legal description of the properties involved is included on the preliminary plat
documents. The PIDs of the current parcels are:
23-31-22-23-0005 23-31-22-23-0006 23-31-22-23-0007 23-31-22-23-0008
23-31-22-23-0009 23-31-22-23-0010 23-31-22-23-0011 23-31-22-23-0014