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UntitledSouthWest Metro Rezoning June 1, 2004 Page 3 SOUTHWEST METRO TRANSIT In 1986, Chaska, Chanhassen and Eden Prairie adopted a joint powers agreement establishing the g g SouthWest Metro Transit Commission (SMTC). The agreement granted the Commission the authority to develop and oversee the local public transit services serving the three cities. The park and ride facility was presented as an opportunity to mitigate congestion and pollution in 1989 as part of the Highway 212 Environmental Impact Statement. In 1990 the SMTC adopted a park and ride study which listed the proposed site as a future park and ride location. LAND USE PLAN The Land Use Plan designates areas around the proposed TH 101 /TH 212 interchange as mixed use. This category has been established to accommodate either commercial or high density residential g Y developments. The high density category, which includes units with a maximum net density of 16.0 units per acre, accommodates apartments and higher density condominium units. The commercial use is untended to support or complement high density development. The commercial uses involve convenience grocery stores, day care facilities, etc., or those uses that meet the daily needs of the residents. The Land Use Plan also identifies a park and ride at the future TH 101 /TH 212 interchange. Southwest Metro Rezoning June 11 2004 Page 4 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS On February 18, 2004, the City of Chanhassen and SouthWest Metro Transit began a series of three neighborhood meetings. The intent of the Planning Process was to arrive upon a park and ride layout design and a planned unit development that meets the functional needs of transit patrons and compliments the community within the area's limitations. The February 181h Neighborhood Meeting focused on the � � Project Background and Intent; March 31 dealt with Alternative Design Concepts and Land Use Schemes; and the April 21 meeting focused on a preferred layout concept, Land Use, and a draft PUD ordinance. Each meeting resulted in a list of questions and suggestions. The questions and concerns were addressed and posted on the City's web site. The suggestions (to the extent feasible) were incorporated into a draft PUD ordinance. The final draft layout that was arrived at reflected a park and ride facility along the north t portion of� � he site, a commercial component in the center and a residential development along the south portion of the site. f Transit Station F r Parking Deck - 800 cars max __-- ----- 100' Buffer -- commercial/Retail t/ 16,000 sq ft �- Housing 16 undsfacre max. � t Enhanced Landscaping LYMAN BLVD SouthWe st Metro Rezoning June 1, 2004 Page 5 Access to the site was a concern to the neighbors. Numerous meetings took place with Minnesota Department of Transportation. These meetings resulted in permitting a right-in/out access off of Highway 101 and allowing the full access off of Lyman Boulevard to maintain a 100-foot setback from the easterly property line. This setback will allow for adequate buffer between the subject site and the residential neighborhood to the east. MNDQT also agreed to a bus slip lane off of Highway 212. AM BUS MOVEMENT PM BUS MOVEMENT SouthWest Metro Rezoning June 1, 2004 Page 11 v icw ii v111 1'4u1 L11 tT0periy Line Jnowing Existing Vegetation Along the Easterly Property Line TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS Maintaining and creating new pedestrian/bicycle routes to the SouthWest Metro proposed Transit Station is very important. The construction of new wa Hi h101 south will include the Highway installation of a ten -foot trail adjacent to the subject property. The Transit Station project m .p � must install a trail/sidewalk adjacent to Lyman Boulevard from Highway101 east to a street crossing g at Summerfield Drive. Appropriate and adequate internal sidewalk connections must also be planned to allow convenient and safe non -vehicular traffic throughout the site. RECOMMENDATION Staff reconunends adoption of the following motion: The Planning Commission recommends approval of rezoning the property located at he southeas t intersection of the future alignment of Highway 212/101 and north of Lyman Boulevard with an approximate area of 8.5 acres from Residential Single Family to Planned Unit Development- p d Use incorporating the following design standards: SOUTHEAST CORNER OF REALIGNED HIGHWAY 101/212 PUD DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS a. Intent The purpose of this zone is to create a MIXED USE PUD including a TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. The use of the PUD zone is to allow for more flexible design standards while creating a higher quality and more sensitive development. Each structure proposed for development shall proceed through site plan review based on the development standards outlined below.