FH-Narrative 061517
June 15, 2017
Project: Fawn Hill
Location: Chanhassen, Minnesota
Subject: Project Narrative
Developer/Applicant:
HP Holdings, LLC
6025 Culligan Way
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345
Tom Bakritges
Director of Land Development
612-272-9701
tomb@homestead-partners.com
Property Owner: Anne E Marcotte
Site Address: 7240 Galpin Boulevard, Chanhassen, Minnesota 55331
Parcel ID: 250101521 (10.98 acres)
Watershed: WS 064 RPBC
Site Area: +/- 11 acres
Current Zoning: A2- Agricultural Estate District
2020 Land Use: Residential Low Density (net 1.2-4 units/acre)
Requests –
1. Rezoning from Agricultural Estate (A2) to Residential – Low & Medium
Density (RLM).
2. Preliminary Plat - Single Family Residential Development for 10 single family
lots, creating nine new homes and 1 existing home to remain with 6 outlots.
3. Variance – For double frontage lot for existing home to remain.
Preliminary Plat –
The applicant is requesting rezoning and preliminary plat approval for 10 detached single-
family lots and 6 outlots. A variance is also requested for the existing home to be a
double fronted lot. Fawn Hill Road will be extended north to connect both existing dead-
end roads and a cul-de-sac, Bentz Court will be constructed, please see the preliminary
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plat for FAWN HILL. The streets are 31 ft b-b, within a 60’ ROW, the cul-de-sac has a
45.5 ft radius to the back of curb and a 60’ ROW radius. Sanitary sewer and watermain
are available to service the site. The plat will provide for the necessary public street right-
of-way within the development and along Galpin Boulevard. The lots meet the RLM
district requirements.
RLM – Mixed Low and Medium Density Residential District
Standards:
Minimum Lot Area – 9,000 sf (single family dwelling)
Minimum Lot Frontage – 50 ft
Minimum Lot Frontage – CDS Lot – 50 ft at setback
Minimum Lot Depth – 110 ft (single family)
Maximum Lot Coverage – 35% (single family)
Setbacks –
Fysb: 25 ft
Sysb: 5 ft garage / 10 ft house (min 15 feet between homes)
Rysb: 25 ft
Maximum Height – 35 ft (3 stories)
Bluff Creek / Stormwater –
The site is in the Bluff Creek Overlay District. No work or impacts are proposed within
the 20 foot wetland buffer (primary zone). Some minor grading will be necessary in the
secondary zone on the north end of the existing stormwater treatment pond area (please
see the proposed grading plan. One wetland exists on the property, no impacts are
proposed to that wetland. The site drains from the northeast to the southwest. The runoff
will be picked up by a concrete storm sewer system and routed to the exiting stormwater
pond in The Vista at Bentz Farms. An updated stormwater report will be submitted to the
City and the Watershed for their review and approval. For the lookout and full basement
style lots, draintile services will be installed to all for the homes to have sump pump
discharge connection points. A 6” draintile will be installed to the proposed retaining
wall (short wall, 3’ to 4’ in height) along the rear of lot 5, this will allow the drainage
system installed behind the retaining wall to have a discharge connection point. One
other small landscaping wall is proposed in the rear of lot 2, adjacent to the existing
home. The maintenance of each retaining wall will be the responsibility of each lot
owner.
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Tree Preservation:
The site contains 129 significant trees that are fair to good quality. Of the 129 trees only
27 will be impacted by the development. Per city requirements, each lot shall be provided
with a minimum of one deciduous or conifer tree to be placed in the front yard and a row
of coniferous trees will be planted along Galpin Boulevard to screen from daily traffic
flow.
Variance Request:
As noted above, a variance is being requested to all for the existing home to remain on-
site, on a lot that would be a double fronted lot. The existing home would meet the
necessary front yard setback requirements from both streets.
Outlots:
There are 6 Outlots being created with the development. Outlots A and B may be
purchased by current property owners to the north in the forest meadows development.
Outlot C may be purchased by either the property to the north in the forest meadows
development or Lot 4 Block 1. Outlot D may be purchased by Lot 3 Block 1. Outlot E
will be dedicated to the city. Outlot F may be purchased by Lot 4 Block 2 of th e Vistas at
Bentz Farm development or Lot 6 Block 2 of the Fawn Hill development.
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Lot Tabulation: