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DAHLGREN SHARDlDW AND 'UBAN c ,)" S l I 11 ~< <, I)! '\', í Ii S L..\>..1)'-;(',\I'): _\j~( ~ìi ¡ L,_ IS ~(i(ì ¡:¡¡~S-¡ .\\ L ,;t ¡ SlllTT -ì 1 I \ \ í"" i ,\ 1'< " ',\ )1; Iii >, . ¡¡\] : 'i'"j ~ ~ l ) I ) 26 August 1991 John Duffy Duffy Development Company 10850 Old County Road 15 Plymouth, MN 55441 (CCD)fP>y Dear John: I am writing to clarify some of the issues related to your proposed townhouse project PUD in Roseville. To begin with, let me put the process in perspective with some specific requirements in the Zoning Code. I refer you to Chapter 7 (Residence Districts), Chapter 17 (Planned Unit Development) and Chapter 19 (Design Standard Regulations) of the Code. H you do not have a copy of the City Zoning-Code, I urge you to obtain one at City Hall. You have applied for a PUD under Chapter 17, which is a separate zoning district designation (see Section 17.010). This means that the City has the same discretion in reviewing a PUD as it does in any rezoning. The City is not required to approve a PUD, but may do so if it meets "all standards and purposes of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan" (see Section 17.050), as well as the other criteria in Chapter 17. The City Council has broad discretion in reviewing PUDs and has appointed its Development Review Committee to conduct such review prior to action by the Planning Commission and Council. That committee consists of the City Staff you have met with on a number of occasions. Merely meeting the height and setback standards does not entitle you to approval of a PUD. There are many other issues that are listed in Chapter 17, and challenging the interpretation of a specific standard or a given dimension does not diminish the City's right to deny a PUD if it feels the plan is not adequately designed or in the City's best interests. The starting point for consideration of a PUD is the list of standards in the original zoning district, in this case the R-6 District (see Section 17.070, Subd. 3). This means that the R-6 standards apply unless a specific PUD plan is proposed and approved. The PUD process then allows flexibility from those standards in order to achieve a plan that benefits the developer, the City, neighbors, and the future residents of the project. If you wish to develop a project with less scrutiny and discretion by the City, you may apply under the standards of the R-6 District in which the property is located. These standards are outlined in Chapter 7. Please note that the specific unit type and design you have proposed would not be allowed under the strict provisions of the R-6 District, since some of the structures have more than eight units, and they do not have individual front and rear entrances and a semi-private outdoor space for each unit (see Sections 7.700 and 7.730).