City Council - 04/22/1979 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 79-69 �
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RESOLVED, that the request of THE PRESERVE and OL'YMP1C HELLS
CORPORATION to rezone certain land described in Exhibit A attached
hereto and made a part hereof from Rural District to R1-13.5 District
under Ordinance 135, as amended, is hereby denied.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that with respect to the request of The
Preserve and Olympic Hills Corporation for preliminary plat approval
of Olympic Hills Sixth Addition, dated January 12, 1979, as revised
thereafter ("preliminary plat") , it is found as follows:
1. The land encompassed within the preliminary plat
is zoned Rural District pursuant to the terms of Ordi-
nance 135 ("Zoning Ordinance") .
2. The Zoning Ordinance requires at* least five acres
for construction of a single family dwelling in a Rural. _
^ District and in addition, minimum lot width of 300 feet
and depth of 300 feet.
3. The proposed lots in the preliminary plat are each
less than five acres in area and are less than 300 feet
wide and 300 feet deep and do not meet the requirements
of Ordinance 93 that the minimum dimensions and area of
lots in a subdivision should be not less than those re-
quired by the Zoning Ordinance.
4. The street leading to the cul-de-sac situated in
the southwesterly portion of the preliminary plat is
more than 500 feet from its intersection with a proposed
through street to its terminus at the cul-de-sac and is
not in accord with the provisions of Ordinance 93.
5. Certain of the grades of streets in the proposed
plat are in excess of six percent (6%) and do not meet
the requirements of Ordinance 93.
6. Improvement of the land and construction thereon as
proposed in the preliminary plat would require substantial
cuts in the natural terrain and is not conducive to preser-
vation of the natural features thereof and protection of the
environment.
7. There is no improved hard surfaced road presently
available for ingress and egress at the westerly end of
the preliminary plat:
8. The preliminary plat does not make adequate provision
for separating pedestrian crossings from the proposed road-
ways and constitutes a safety hazard to pedestrian and golf
course traffic.
9. Adequate provision, including an appropriate corridor
for passage thereof, has not been Trade to minimize the dis-
turbance and distruption of wildlife, including deer, which
inhabit *and pass through the land encompassed within the
preliminary plat.
Based upon the foregoing and all of the evidence and argu-
ments made and presented, the request of The Preserve and Olympic
Hills Corporation for approval of the: preliminary plat of Olympic -
Hills Sixth Addition, is in all things denied.
Adopted by the City Council of the Ctty of Eden Prairie on the tst day
of May, 1979.
Wcolfgang H, Fenzel
Mayor of Eden Prairie
SEAL
ATTEST:
John D. sane, City Clerk
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