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7. Brenden Ponds 2nd Addition: Preliminary & Final Plat.CITY OF CHANHASOU PC DATE: 6/21/95 CC DATE: 7/10/95 " 7, CASE #: 94 -10 SUB Rc,• Al Taff STAFF REPORT Q a. J Q i � W F- PROPOSAL: Preliminary and Final Plat to Subdivide Outlot C into two lots and one outlot, Brenden Pond 2nd Addition A 5 foot side yard variance for Lot 1, Block 1, Brenden Pond 2nd Addition LOCATION: South of Lake Lucy Road and Brenden Court, and east of Highway 41 APPLICANT: City of Chanhassen David Gestach - Leland Paulson Construction 690 Coulter Drive 200 North Chestnut Street Chanhassen, MN 55317 Chaska, MN 55318 PRESENT ZONING: RSF, Residential Single Family ACREAGE: 3.7 acres DENSITY: ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE: N - RSF, Residential Single Family, Brenden Pond lst Addition S - RR, Rural Residential District E - RR, Rural Residential District W - RR, Rural Residential District WATER AND SEWER: Available to the site. PHYSICAL CHARACTER.: The site is surrounded by grading activity for Lake Lucy Road and Brenden Pond. A Natural wetland is located along the southerly edge of the site. Mature trees are concentrated within the easterly portion of the site. The site generally slopes to the south. 2000 LAND USE PLAN: Residential -Low Density Moog NPA ��f�,� Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 2 PROPOSAUSUMMARY The request is for the subdivision of Outlot C into 2 lots and 1 outlot. Lot 1 is proposed to have an area of 23, 915 square feet and will contain a future single family residence. Lot 2 is proposed to have an area of 31,589 square feet and is proposed to house the city's well house. Outlot A contains the majority of natural wetland, hence it is unbuildable. The outlot has an area of 105,795 square feet. The property is zoned RSF, Residential Single Family. The site is located north of Hwy. 5, east of Hwy. 41, and south of Lake Lucy Road. Access to Lots 1 and 2 will be provided via driveways off of Lake Lucy Road. Both proposed lots meet the minimum area, width, and depth requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. Lot 1 will require a side yard setback variance along the northeast edge of the property to maximize the buildable area on the site. The site has a dense concentration of mature trees along the northerly edge of the wetland. The majority of these trees were proposed to be removed as part of the Brenden Pond 1st Addition due to the construction of Lake Lucy Road. The replacement canopy was accounted for as part of the 1st addition. Hence, no additional replacement is required. In summary, staff believes that the proposed subdivision is well designed. Minor revisions will be required. We are recommending that it be approved with conditions outlined in the staff report. BACKGROUND On November 14, 1994, the City Council approved the final reading for property zoned RR to RSF for Brenden Pond subject to conditions. The Council also approved the final plat for Subdivision #94 -10 for Brenden Pond for 19 single family lots and 4 outlots with a variance to the street grade (10 %) on Pondview Court subject to conditions. ' The City needed a site for a well /pump house. As part of the negotiation to purchase the site, the city agreed to process the platting of Outlot C. PRELIMINARY PLATNARIANCE ' The city is proposing to subdivide Outlot C into 2 lots and 1 outlot. Lot 1 is proposed to have an area of 23, 915 square feet and will contain a future single family residence. Lot 2 is ' proposed to have an area of 31,589 square feet and is proposed to house the city's well house. Outlot A contains the majority of natural wetland, hence it is unbuildable. The outlot has an area of 105,795 square feet. The property is zoned RSF, Residential Single Family. Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 3 The site is located north of Hwy. 5, east of Hwy. 41, and south of Lake Lucy Road. Access to Lots 1 and 2 will be provided via driveways off of Lake Lucy Road. Both proposed lots meet the minimum area, width, and depth requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. As a requirement of the Health Department, the well must be located in a position that would require a 50 foot setback from any property line. In order to achieve this, buildable area was taken from Lot 1, Block 1, which resulted in reducing the size of the building pad for the proposed single family residence. The zoning ordinance requires a 10 foot side yard setback on all single family homes. The separation between the proposed home and the well is 55 feet. Allowing the variance will not have a negative impact on adjoining properties. The house will not encroach onto any easements. Staff is recommending approval of the variance Staff notes that the proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and generally consistent with the Zoning Ordinance. WETLANDS According to the wetland delineation performed by Westwood for the Lake Lucy Road extension project and the Brenden Pond development, there is one wetland associated with this plat. The wetland is part of a large natural wetland located in the south and southeastern corner of the property. It does not appear that the wetland will be impacted as a result of construction of the house or the well house, however, it is very important that type III erosion control be constructed around the wetland and well maintained during construction. There will be some fairly steep side slopes (3:1) adjacent to the wetland. A potential erosion problem exists; therefore, the side slope should be revegetated as soon as possible after site grading with erosion control blanket. The City also requires a buffer strip and buffer strip monumentation around the wetlands. The buffer strip width required for natural wetlands is 10 to 30 feet with a minimum average width of 20 feet and the buffer strip width required for an ag /urban wetland is 0 to 20 feet with a minimum average width of 10 feet. The principal structure setback for these wetlands is 40 feet measured from the outside edge of the buffer strip. Surface Water Management Plan The City has adopted a Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) that serves as a tool to protect, preserve and enhance water resources. The plan identifies, from a regional perspective, the storm water quantity and quality improvements necessary to allow future development to take place and minimize its impact to downstream water bodies. 1 r F1 11 I I J J r n Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 4 Storm Water Quality Fees The SWMP has established a water quality connection charge for each new plat based on land use. Dedication shall be equal to the cost of land and pond volume needed for treatment of the phosphorus load leaving the site. The requirement for cash in lieu of land and pond construction shall be based upon a schedule in accordance with the prescribed land use zoning. Values are calculated using market values of land in the City of Chanhassen plus a value of $2.50 per cubic yard for excavation of the pond. Since the water quality basin for this site is already in place these fees will be charged according to the volume of ponding needed for the site. The proposed SWMP quality charge for single - family residential developments is $800 /acre. Therefore, the applicant is responsible for $440 for the 0.55 acre house lot (lot 1). The City's well house (lot 2) does not require fees. Storm Water Quantity Fees The SWMP has established a connection charge for the different land uses based on an average city -wide rate for the installation of water quantity systems. This cost includes land acquisition, proposed SWMP culverts, open channels and storm water ponding areas for runoff storage. Single family residential developments will have a connection charge of $1,980 per developable acre. The area of the plat required to pay this fee is 0.55 acres (lot 2 is waived from these fees). Since a very small corner of the lot is wetland, the proposed development would then be responsible for 0.5 acres resulting in a water quantity connection charge of $980. I DRAINAGE r The lots on this plat drain to the south /southeast into the natural wetland. The driveways for both lots will slope down toward the buildings. It is preferable that they slope away from the buildings, however the natural grade of the land does not allow for this. Careful consideration should be given to the street frontage grades to divert the water off the driveways and around the building. Downspouts should be directed out to the side lots to allow for natural water quality treatment through the yard and wetland buffer area. The applicant will have to show that the garage will not be a collection point for stormwater before final plat approval. Lot 1 is proposed as a walkout house requiring 10 feet of additional fill. The walkout elevation is 998 and the existing elevation is approximately 988. Staff thinks this is excessive and that the lot is better suited for a rambler. There is also excessive grading on the south end of the lots. Very little grading should have to be done between the building pads and the Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 5 wetland. The slopes level off quite a bit on the south side of the proposed building pads and should not be steeper than existing conditions. EROSION CONTROL The applicant will need to develop a sediment and erosion control plan in accordance with the City's Best Management Practice Handbook (BMPH). Type III erosion control fencing will be required around the natural wetland. The plan shall be submitted to the City for review and formal approval in conjunction with final plat approval. UTILITIES With the construction of Lake Lucy Road, sanitary sewer and water lines will be extended to serve the house lot and well site. The existing construction plans for Brenden Pond or Lake Lucy Road did not include sanitary and water main connections to lot 1. Sanitary and water main connections will be added as a change order during the construction of Lake Lucy Road The plat shows the Lake Ann Sanitary Sewer interceptor and existing 20 -foot wide easement. The interceptor runs through lot 1 at a depth of approximately 30 feet. This easement should be expanded to a 30 -foot wide easement on centerline of pipe. STREETS Access to both lots will be from Lake Lucy Road. The road is currently under construction under the City's Improvement Project No. 92 -12. Lake Lucy Road is considered a collector street based on the City's Comprehensive Guide Use Plan. It is also part of the City's Municipal State -Aid Route. According to the City's subdivision ordinance, direct driveway access onto a collector street should be restricted or controlled whenever feasible. Due to topographic constraints, staff believe there is no other feasible access points available to Lots 1 and 2. Staff is comfortable with Lots 1 and 2 having driveway access onto Lake Lucy Road. PARK AND TRAIL FEES The Park and Recreation Director recommended full park and trail fees be collected per city ordinance in lieu of land acquisition and /or trail construction. r n J H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 6 COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCE - RSF DISTRICT Lot Lot Lot Home Area Width Depth Setback Ordinance 15,000 90' 125' 30' front/rear 10' sides Health Dept. 50' on all sides for well BLOCK 1 Lot 1 23,915 341.98' 194.12' 30'/50'* 10'/5'** Lot 2 31,589 125' 252.715' 50'150' 50' Outlot A 105,795 * The 50 foot setback includes a 10 foot wetland buffer in addition to a 40 foot structure setback. ** The side yard setback variance along the east side of Lot 1 is a result of a technicality from the Health department requiring wells to be located 50 feet from any property line. TREE PRESERVATION/LANDSCAPING The tree preservation and landscaping of this site was addressed in the Brenden Pond 1st Addition. The plan has not changed and no additional canopy replacement is required. VARIANCE As part of this plat approval, a variance to allow a 5 foot side yard setback along the easterly edge of Lot 1, Block 1 is requested. The City Council may grant a variance from the regulations contained in the subdivision chapter as part of a plat approval process following a finding that all of the following conditions exist: 1. The hardship is not a mere inconvenience. 2. The hardship is caused by the particular physical surroundings, shape or topographical conditions of the land. Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 7 3. The condition of conditions upon which the request is based are unique and not generally applicable to other property. 4. The granting of a variance will not be substantially detrimental to the public welfare and is in accord with the purpose and intent of this chapter, the zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan. Finding: Staff recommends the variances be approved for reasons described in the staff report. The variance is a result of the Health Department requirements, not a mere inconvenience or a self created hardship. PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATE On June 21, 1995, the Planning Commission reviewed this application and unanimously approved it. The one change to the conditions of approval that was made was in relation to the landscaping buffer separating the proposed house on Lot 1 and Lake Lucy Road. The Planning Commission directed staff to review the existing landscaping plan for Brenden Pond to insure that there is adequate screening for the proposed house. The approved landscaping plan for Brenden Pond will provide the required screening which will consist of six Spruce trees, one Maple, two Birch trees, three Flowering Plums, and five Red Twig Dogwood. Therefore, condition number 2 need not change. STAFF RECOMMENDATION The Planning Commission recommended the City Council adopt the following motion: "The City Council approves the preliminary and final plat for Subdivision #94 -10 for Brenden Pond 2nd Addition for 2 lots and 1 outlot with a variance to the side yard setback along the easterly lot line of Lot 1, Block 1, as shown on the plans received June 13, 1995, subject to the following conditions: 1. All areas disturbed during site grading shall be immediately restored with seed and disc - mulched or wood fiber blanket within two weeks of completing site grading unless the city's (BMPH) planting dates dictate otherwise. All areas disturbed with side slopes of 3:1 or greater shall be restored with sod or seed and wood fiber blanket. 2. The plat approval is still subject to the approved landscaping plan for Brenden Pond 1st Addition. 3. Building Department condition - The footings of structures proposed on Lots 1 and 2 shall be engineered. Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 8 4. The applicant shall enter into a development contract with the City and provide the ' necessary security to guarantee compliance with final plat conditions of approval. 5. The applicant shall apply for and obtain permits from the appropriate regulatory ' agencies, i.e. Watershed District, MWCC, Health Department, PCA, DNR, Army Corps of Engineers, Carver County Highway Department and MnDOT and comply with their conditions of approval. 7 6. The lowest floor elevation of all buildings adjacent to storm water ponds or wetlands shall be a minimum of three feet above the 100 -year high water level. 7. The applicant shall report to the City Engineer the location of any drain tiles found during construction and shall relocate or abandon the drain tile as directed by the City Engineer. 8. Fire Marshal conditions: a. A ten foot clear space must be maintained around fire hydrants, i.e. street lamps, trees, shrubs, bushes, NSP, NW Bell, cable television, transformer boxes. This is to insure that fire hydrants can be quickly located and safely operated. Pursuant to Chanhassen City Ordinance Sec. 9 -1. b. Pending review by Engineering staff, fire hydrant locations are acceptable. 9. Park and Recreation conditions: a. Full park and trail fees shall be collected per city ordinance in lieu of land acquisition and /or trail construction. 10. The applicant will be responsible for a water quantity fee of $440 and a water quantity fee of $990. 11. The applicant's grading and erosion control plan shall be in conformance with the City's Best Management Practice Handbook and the Surface Water Management Plan requirements for new developments. The plan shall be submitted to the City for review and formal approval in conjunction with final plat review. 12. Wetland buffer areas shall be surveyed and staked in accordance with the City's wetland ordinance. The City will install wetland buffer edge signs before construction begins and will charge the applicant $20 per sign. Brenden Pond 2nd Addition June 21, 1995 Page 9 13. The appropriate drainage and utility easements shall be dedicated on the final plat for all utilities and wetland areas lying outside the right -of -way. The MWCC easement shall be increased from 20 feet wide to 30 feet wide centered over pipe." ATTACHMENTS 1. Planning Commission minutes dated June 21, 1995. 2. Plat dated June 13, 1995. ' Faimakes moved, Meyer seconded that the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve Subdivision 495 -9 as shown on the plans dated June 5, 1995, subject to the following conditions: ' 1. The smaller lot shall be labeled as Lot 1, Block 1, Name of Subdivision, and the larger lot shall be labeled as Outlot A. 2. The following easements shall be provided. a. Standard drainage and utility easements along each lot line. b. Cross access easement over the existing driveway to provide access to the existing residence. ' 3. Show the location of two proposed ISTS sites. This must be done before final plat approval. ' 4. Demonstrate the existing ISTS is not a failing or noncomplying system. ' 5. An agreement stating that when the outlot is developed, Lot 1 will be required to access from the public street and the private drive eliminated. ' All voted in favor and the motion carded. PUBLIC HEARING: PRELIMINARY PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE OUTLOT A, BRENDEN PONDS INTO 2 LOTS ' AND 1 OUTLOT ON PROPERTY ZONED RSF AND LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 5 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 41, CITY OF CHANHASSEN. ' Kate Aanenson presented the staff report on this item. Mancino: Thank you. Any questions for staff? Kate, I have one. As I read through this I ' was a little confused. I want to make sure that I got it right. At the beginning on page 2, the first paragraph. Lot 1 it says is a single family residence and Lot 2 is the well house. 15 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 Mancino: Do I hear a second? Meyer: Second. ' Mancino: Any discussion? ' Faimakes moved, Meyer seconded that the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve Subdivision 495 -9 as shown on the plans dated June 5, 1995, subject to the following conditions: ' 1. The smaller lot shall be labeled as Lot 1, Block 1, Name of Subdivision, and the larger lot shall be labeled as Outlot A. 2. The following easements shall be provided. a. Standard drainage and utility easements along each lot line. b. Cross access easement over the existing driveway to provide access to the existing residence. ' 3. Show the location of two proposed ISTS sites. This must be done before final plat approval. ' 4. Demonstrate the existing ISTS is not a failing or noncomplying system. ' 5. An agreement stating that when the outlot is developed, Lot 1 will be required to access from the public street and the private drive eliminated. ' All voted in favor and the motion carded. PUBLIC HEARING: PRELIMINARY PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE OUTLOT A, BRENDEN PONDS INTO 2 LOTS ' AND 1 OUTLOT ON PROPERTY ZONED RSF AND LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 5 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 41, CITY OF CHANHASSEN. ' Kate Aanenson presented the staff report on this item. Mancino: Thank you. Any questions for staff? Kate, I have one. As I read through this I ' was a little confused. I want to make sure that I got it right. At the beginning on page 2, the first paragraph. Lot 1 it says is a single family residence and Lot 2 is the well house. 15 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 Aanenson: Correct. Mancino: Later in the report on page 4, under grading it says that Lot 2 is proposed as a walkout house. So is Lot 2 the well house or. Aanenson: No. You were right the first time. Lot 1 is the building lot. Lot 2, next to the wetland is the well house. If you look on the plat, which is on the overhead. Mancino: This is where the house is going to be? Aanenson: Correct. The one, if you look on the plat, it shows the 20 foot interceptor easement on it. That's the lot with the house on it. Mancino: Okay, the western most one. Aanenson: Correct. Mancino: Thank you. Aanenson: Sorry about that ambiguity. Mancino: I wanted to make sure. And is Lot 1 the house that's going to need 10 feet of fill? Or is Lot 2 for the well house the one that's going to be graded so excessively? Hempel: Lot 1 will require the additional fill material for the house pad. Mancino: Unless we recommend that it be a rambler. Hempel: Restrict the dwelling type to a rambler or rambler lookout versus.. Mancino: Or lookout, okay. If, excuse me Dave. If we do, as a condition, instead of putting so much fill in over the wetland, etc, suggest or make a recommendation that it be a lookout or a rambler, how much less fill will there be? How much will we be messing with the topography? Hempel: Approximately about 4 feet of fill less. So you still would require up to 6 feet of fill. Mancino: 6 feet of fill, okay. 16 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 ' Hempel: It will also require filling for the well site. As you continue to the east there, the slopes are even steeper so there will be some filling involved with the well site as well. ' Mancino: But the well site isn't a walkout or. Hempel: No, right. ' Mancino: I mean we won't get into as much. So we would be at 6 feet of fill instead of 10, okay. Thank you. Any other questions? This is a public hearing. We don't have another ' applicant do we? It's the City of Chanhassen. Aanenson: Yes. We're working with Gestach and Paulson on this. But because the city is ' initiating it for the well site, we're really the applicant because we're the one that's requesting the plat go in at this time so we're taking the lead position on this. But it's the Gestach- Paulson property. ' Mancino: Okay. And they're not here to make a presentation? 1 Aanenson: No. Mancino: Thank you. May I have a motion to open this for a public hearing please? Meyer moved, Peterson seconded to open the public hewing. All voted in favor and the motion carried. The public hewing was opened. Mancino: This is open for a public hearing. Anyone that would like to come up and talk on this issue may. Seeing none, may I have a motion to close the public hearing. Famakes moved, Meyer seconded to close the public herring. All voted in favor and the motion carried. The public herring was closed. Mancino: Commissioners. Jeff. Farmakes: I have no comments on this. I will vote for it. Mancino: Okay. Craig. Peterson: No comments. Mancino: Mike. 17 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 Meyer: Dave, do you see any problems with the 10 foot of fill that ... It seems like sometimes logical from an engineering standpoint, should it be something we're concerned about? Hempel: It's always desirable from a builders standpoint to have a walkout type homesite It's the most desirable. It appears the filling in there meets the wetland setbacks. It's not imposing in the setback and so forth. I guess we could go either way. Meyer: Okay. Mancino: Kate, I have just one comment and that would be. It's peculiar to me that on this particular, the whole Brenden Pond, how many lots do we have on the collector? We have quite a few lots. Aanenson: Actually on the north side, I think we have, I think there's just 2 or 3 on the other side. Mancino: Okay. So we're going to have 5, a total of 5 driveways on Lake Lucy Road. Aanenson: Right, right. Except the well. Hempel: If I could clarify. The lots to the north side do have shared driveway access points so we have eliminated one or two on the north side. And the south side will have two though. Aanenson: And the well, I'm not sure much activity will be at the well. Mancino: Will go on, okay. My other question is, I've never seen this done but just asking As the property to the south of this land develops, is there potential for this particular Lot 1 to get access if it develops to the south? I mean that's hard to put in as a condition but it makes a lot of sense for one house here. Aanenson: It could except that just off the top of my head looking at this, to get another road there, to get another lot, you'd almost have a lot that would be double fronted. Unless you did a cul -de -sac but that wetland is kind of big right there. Unless you came in from the other direction, I think it would be, it's a tough call. I think you'd almost make it a double fronted lot in order to do that, even if you brought a cul -de -sac in. It could possibly but we usually try to look at that but that piece is so big, the property to the south, I think they have a lot more options. I think that'd be a really good point if this was a narrow piece and didn't have as much design flexibility but I think that piece is large enough that we've got quite a few options. 18 L� I C 1 1 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 t Mancino: Okay. And is there some way to word it so that you can just look at that and obviously. Aanenson: You mean a private drive or something? Mancino: Yes. Or something. To see when the southern property does develop, if there's some way that the access could be off that. If it can't, it can't. Hempel: I think the topography to the west and south of the proposed house pad is severe enough that you need additional filling to put that driveway in to the street so. Mancino: Well I just, yeah just look at that. I'd appreciate that. Those are my comments. Do I have a motion? Farmakes: I'll make a motion that the Planning Commission approve preliminary plat for Subdivision 994 -10 dated June 21, 1995 for Brenden Pond 2nd Addition for 2 lots and one outlot with a variance for a side yard setback along the easterly lot line of Lot 1, Block 1 as shown on the plans received June 13, 1995, subject to the following conditions 1 thru 14. Mancino: May I have a friendly amendment? Farmakes: You sure can. Mancino: And that is that, and I'm sorry I didn't bring it up before. That number 2. That the plat approval still subject to the approved landscaping plan for Brenden Pond 1st Addition. I would just like to make sure that that landscaping is revised so that there is landscaping on the collector. Buffering that single family home which we did not think would be there. Farmakes: Do you have a particular way you'd like to word that? Mancino: That staff and, the staff as being the applicant, review the existing landscaping plan on the collector and add buffering landscaping as they see fit. Farmakes: That'd be fine. Mancino: And is compatible with the existing plan. Can I have a second? Meyer: Second. 19 Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 Mancino: Any discussion? Farmakes moved, Meyer seconded that the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve preliminary plat for Subdivision 994 -10 for Brenden Pond 2nd Addition for two lots and one outlot with a variance to the side yard setback along the easterly lot line of Lot 1, Block 1, as shown on the plans received June 13, 1995, subject to the following conditions: 1. All areas disturbed during site grading shall be immediately restored with seed and disc - mulched or wood fiber blanket within two weeks of completing site grading unless the city's (BMPH) planting dates dictate otherwise. All areas disturbed with side slopes of 3:1 or greater shall be restored with sod or seed and wood fiber blanket. 2. The plat approval is still subject to the approved landscaping plan for Brenden Pond 1st Addition. Staff, as being the applicant, review the existing landscaping plan on the collector and add buffering landscaping. 3. Building Department condition - The footings of structures proposed on Lots 1 and 2 shall be engineered. 4. The applicant shall enter into a development contract with the City and provide the necessary security to guarantee compliance with final plat conditions of approval. 5. The applicant shall apply for and obtain permits from the appropriate regulatory agencies, i.e. Watershed District, MWCC, Health Department, PCA, DNR, Army Corps of Engineers, Carver County Highway Department and MnDot and comply with their conditions of approval. 6. The lowest floor elevation of all buildings adjacent to storm water ponds or wetlands shall be a minimum of three feet above the 100 year high water level. 7. The applicant shall report to the City Engineer the location of any drain tiles found during construction and shall relocate or abandon the drain tile as directed by the City Engineer. 8. Fire Marshal conditions: a. A 10 foot clear space must be maintained around fire hydrants, i.e. street lamps, trees, shrubs, bushes, NSP, NW Bell, cable television, transformer boxes. This is to PRI r I I r Planning Commission Meeting - June 21, 1995 insure that fire hydrants can be quickly located and safely operated. Pursuant to Chanhassen City Ordinance Sec. 9 -1. b. Pending review by Engineering staff, fire hydrant locations are acceptable. 9. Full park and trail fees shall be collected per city ordinance in lieu of land acquisition and /or trail construction. 10. The applicant will be responsible for a water quantity fee of $440.00 and a water quantity fee of $990.00. 11. The applicant's grading and erosion control plan shall be in conformance with the City's Best Management Practice Handbook and the Surface Water Management Plan requirements for new developments. The plan shall be submitted to the City for review and formal approval in conjunction with final plat review. ' 12. Wetland buffer areas shall be surveyed and staked in accordance with the City's wetland ordinance. The City will install wetland buffer edge signs before construction begins and will charge the applicant $20.00 per sign. 13. The appropriate drainage and utility easements shall be dedicated on the final plat for all ' utilities and wetland areas lying outside the right -of -way. The MWCC easement shall be increased from 20 feet wide to 30 feet wide centered over pipe. I 1 All voted in favor and the motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING: A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO THE LANDSCAPING SECTION OF CHAPTER 20 OF THE CITY CODE TO CREATE A TRANSITION ZONE. Bob Generous presented the staff report on this item. Mancino: Thank you, very much. Any questions of staff? We can go back and ask after the public hearing. May I have a motion to open this for a public hearing. Faimakes moved, Meyer seconded to open the public heating. All voted in favor and the motion carried. The public hewing was opened. 21