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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 25, 2008 Page 18 Trudgeon noted the underlying zoning to PUD with underlying R-3 designation; access from Cleveland as part of a public road though the property to the south- east and Langton Lake Park. Mr. Trudgeon corrected one discrepancy in the staff report, correcting the road- way width to be 26 feet wide up to the parking lot/crosswalk, then 32 feet from that point at the curve into the park. Mr. Trudgeon addressed stormwater management to be contained on site; and several remaining issues to be resolved related to the road width; and provision for a turnaround, with City Code prohibiting a roadway without turnaround, given the length of the road. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the City Council may want to seek more specificity by either requiring the turnaround on-site or off-site (i.e., cul-de-sac) to accommodate emergency vehicles; and also to define the park dedi- cation, and whether the developer would be charged since the road would be for public use and access to a City park, currently landlocked and without controlled access. Discussion included building height and CUP requirements for astand-alone building; height deviations from City Code; no restrictions for impervious surface related to commercial developments; anticipated land use designation in the Comprehensive Plan Update to high-density residential; and road length exceed- ing 600' even with a turnaround provided. Councilmember Ihlan sought clarification of a procedural point regarding ap- proval of the preliminary plat, and ordinance language, Title 1102.01, appearing to indicate that if the final plat application was not received within a time period certain, the application would have expired, and the process needed to go through the application and Planning Commission process again. Mayor Klausing sought a ruling from City Attorney Anderson related to Coun- cilmember Ihlan's interpretation of the ordinance and whether the application needed to be resubmitted. Staff advised that there had been no formal request for extension by the applicant, but that they were following normal procedure, and that the process between pre- liminary and final plat approval was often lengthy. City Attorney Anderson deferred rendering a legal opinion without a thorough re- view of City Code language and a history of the project to-date to allow him to make that determination. Recess Mayor Klausing recessed the meeting at 8:43 p.m. to provide staff and City Attorney Anderson to review the project status. The meeting was reconvened at 9:02 p.m.