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condition that revised plans accurately representing the scope of Phase I be submitted when available. 6.2 Once Phases I and II are both constructed, the resulting development will be identical to the PUD approved on September 15, 2008. Although plans specific to Phase I may be somewhat schematic (because of the uncertainty in the number of residential units to be developed in this phase), the previously-approved PUD plans will serve as the Phase II plans. United Properties expects that construction and completion of Phase I will help to generate more interest in Phase II, but if the residential market demand never justifies the construction of the second phase, the result will be a smaller, less-dense development than was originally approved; under this proposal nothing else may be built on the proposed Lot 2 in lieu of the second phase of the previously-approved cooperative residence. 6.3 United Properties still plans to seek final approvals for the assisted living facility when that project becomes feasible, and while they still control the necessary parcels for that development they do not yet own the land; for this reason, the plat that was approved on September 15, 2008 has not been filed at Ramsey County. In order to file a plat that creates the right-of-way for the new public road and allows the applicant to move forward with Phase I of the residential development, the proposed PxELiMiNAxY PLAT is limited to the properties that the applicant currently owns, and identifies the future assisted living portion of this property as Outlot A. If the current plat is approved, it will supersede the previously-approved plat of the larger area. 6.4 For the sake of clarification, the nature of an "outlot" is such that it may not be developed until it is re-platted. In this case, the intent is to include the proposed Outlot A on a plat with the other properties to be used for the proposed assisted living facility, consistent with the General Concept approval already granted for that project. 6.5 The proposed PxELiMiNAxY PLAT would not change the approved public right-of-way or the approved size and layout of the new public road. The only proposed change is to divide the lot for the cooperative residence into two lots: an eastern lot (i.e., Lot 1) for the construction of Phase I and a western lot (i.e., Lot 2) for the future Phase II. As noted above, the only purpose for this new lot line is to enable the completed Phase I property to be owned by the cooperative while Lot 2 is retained by United Properties for the potential development of Phase II. The only land-use ramifications of this proposal are � that the Phase I construction would be built up to this new lot line with no setback and � that the larger building after Phase II is completed would be bisected by this lot line, but � these are not problematic because they can be accommodated in the amended PUD � Agreement. � 6.6 In order to leave room for a future Phase II build-out, Phase I needs to begin at the � eastern property line and grow toward the west. The more units that are included in the � first phase, the further west the initial building will extend. This temporary imprecision in � number of Phase I units leaves one outstanding PxELiMiNAxY PLAT issue to be addressed: � the exact location of the line separating Lots 1 and 2 of the plat, which cannot be � determined until after the approval process for the PUD AMENDMENT when United � Properties knows how many dwelling units can be supported in the first development � phase. Planning Division staff recommends approving a PxELiMiNAxY PLAT with a small amount of flexibility that would allow the applicant to produce a FINAL PLAT for PF07-006 RCA 081709.doc Page 3 of 6