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• j�� � Public Works Department/Engineering Memo To: Thomas Paschke, City Planner From: Debra Bloom, City Engineer, 27042 CC: Duane Schwartz, Public Works Director Patrick Trudgeon, Community Development Director Lonnie Brokke, Park and Recreation Director Date: 5/09/08 Re: Applewood Pointe of Langton Lake Comments- UPDATED • We have reviewed the plans for the Final PUD approval and would like the following information added to the RCA, with conditions in the PUD shown in bold: The proposed public street has no outlet and no turnaround. Cul- de- sacs longer than 500 feet are not permitted by code. Also, the code requires any cul-de-sac longer than 200 feet to have a 100 foot radius turnaround. We need to discuss how this will be addressed through the City's prior to supporting this proposal. As we discussed, this would not be a condition of approval, rather we should include the connection to the south as a part of the 2008 update Comprehensive plan update. This cul- de- sac would then be an interim measure. We had requested that the developer construct a 28 foot wide face to face street that widens out to 32 feet wide from the crosswalk to the terminii of the road. This is to accommodate parking. This should be a condition of approval. To address any concern about cost, the street width can be narrowed to 26 feet wide in areas where there is no parking, and widened to 32 feet where there is parking. I would suggest the following condition: The developer shall construct a 32 foot wide street to accommodate parking between the Mt. Ridge Road right- of- way and the terminus of the public street. Connections to the City's pathway system are important, the proposed plan does not include a sidewalk connection to Cleveland Avenue, it also shows the connection to Brenner as "constructed by others". To meet the intent of sidewalk connectivity, both of these sidewalks should be constructed as a condition of approval. Public sidewalk can be designed in one of two ways. The first being a 6 foot concrete sidewalk, with a 6 foot boulevard when located along a street, if this is not possible, than it shall be an 8 foot wide concrete sidewalk attached to the back of curb. The cross slope on the walk shall not be greater than 2%. Suggested condition: The developer shall construct sidewalks along the entire length of the street, with a sidewalk connection to the north on the Mt. Ridge Road right- of- way. The pathway behind the buildings shall be 10 feet wide for its entire length. This is to enable trucks to be able to pull around the building for maintenance purposes. Suggested condition: The developer shall construct a 10 foot wide pathway behind the building for maintenance purposes. We have further reviewed the City's shoreland ordinance and found that there is an exception to the hard surface setback for pathways. (see section 1016.16a note 5) However, the pathways should be as far from the wetland boundary as feasible. No suggested condition. The wetland located to the south of the building is an important water resource. We believe that the pathway will allow residents to enjoy this natural area. W ith the exception of a 2 foot maintenance strip adjacent to the pathway, we would like this area to be maintained as a natural vegetation buffer. Suggested condition: With the exception of a 2 foot maintenance strip directly adjacent to the pathway, the developer shall leave a natural vegetation buffer along the south side of the pathway behind the building Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this information. • Page 1