Planning Commission - 12/21/1971 AGENDA
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, December 21 , 1971 7:30 P.M., Village Hall
I.NVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
I. MINUTES OF DECEMBER 7, 1971
II. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. New Horizon Homes, Inc. Planned Unit Development Proposal.
55 Acres East of T.H. 169 near Research Road.
III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. The Preserve First Addition. Review of Preliminary Plat Proposal
49 Lots.
B. Mitchell Road Area Planning Study. Consideration of Preliminary
Findings.
C. Eden Prairie Major Center Planning. Consideration of Preliminary
Recommendation.
D. Eden Prairie Sanitary Sewer & `Waterworks Program. Status Reports
MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
7Uesday, December 21, 1971 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall
Members present were Chairman LaGrow, Nesbitt, Fosnocht, Emerson,
Meyers', Schee, Brown, and Flavin. Also present was George C. Hite,
Village Manager.
I. MINUTES OF , 1971
The minutes were approved with the following two corrections.
1) County Road noted on page 2 as part of St. John's
Wood approval motion should be County Road 60
rather than County Road 4.
2) There were two motions on the Preserve First Addition
proposal. These are noted on the top of page 3. The
first motion was a motion by Fosnocht seconded by
Brown, to defer consideration of the request until the
meeting of December 7th. The second motion was by
Brown seconded by Nesbitt recommending to the Council
that it establish the public hearing date on the plat
Proposal. Both motions carried unanimously.
II. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS_
A. New Horizon Homes Inc. Planned Unit Development Proposal.
55 Acres East of T.H. 169 near Research Road.
Mr. Bob Berger, president of New Horizon Homes, Inc. , presented their
application for a Planned Unit Develbpment concept plan approval. He
reviewed the content of their December 21, 1971 application booklet
with the Commission. The Manager noted that all of the property owners
in the area surrounding the applicant's property had been advised of the
application presentation and that many were present.
The proposal is situated on approximately 55 acres located south of the
extension of the Preserve's East-West Collector Route to Highway 169
and between Highway 169 and the NSP high lines installation. The most
westerly 31 acres are proposed to be used as sites for 236 town house
units in quadrominium• configurations. The easterly 23 acres would be
used for 59 single family home sites. Mr. Berger presented typical plans
for both the single family homes and the condominium town houses. He
said the town houses would have finished and unfinished space of
about 1200 square feet and would include a two stall garage for each
unit. He estimated the market cost of the town houses to be $25,000
to $30,000 and for the single family units from $30,000 to $40,000.
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December 21, 1971
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The Village Manager reviewed the proposal in terms of its
relationship to surrounding land and suggested that in the
process of responding to the application it would be appropriate
for the Village to consider probable development of other lands,
Particularly those between the project area and the existing single
family development along Sunnybrook Road.
The Commission received the proposal for study and asked that a
staff report be prepared forgoasUeration at the Commission's
January 18th meeting.
TII. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. The Preserve First Addition. Review of Preliminary Plat Proposal
49 Lots.
Messers Bill Bonner, Lee Johnson and George Carter, representing
the Preserve, presented a revised design of their preliminary plat.
The plat had been modified to increase the size of some of the less
than 9000 square foot lots and the depth of some of the lots facing
"D" street. They also presented some drawings indicating their
proposed development of the "neighborhood common". By letter
dated December 21, 1971, they requested that side yard requirements
be established at 5 feet for one story garages, 10 feet for one and
one half story houses and 15 feet on houses of two stories. The
letter set forth a review of yard requirements in some of the nearby
suburbs.
The Village Manager reported that he had had an opportunity to review
the revised plat, neighborhood common development and yard request
and he recommended that each of these items be approved. He said
that he felt that the proposed 48 lot plat was a substantial improvement
Over the original submission and that the proposed development of the
neighborhood common would represent an important and positive
precedent for future Eden Prairie single family detached development.
He said that he felt the requested side yard standards were
reasonable and would serve to enC&ie a variety of housing types
within the plat. He also noted that the standards represented minimum
side yard requirements and that in all probability many of the homes
would be constructed with side yards greater than those required.
Mr. Brown moved that the Commission recommend to the Council that
it approve the proposed preliminary plat of The Preserve First Addition
as well as the requested side yard minimums. Mrs. Schee seconded
the motion. Mr. Fosnocht expressed his concern about the proposed
side yards, particularly the 5 foot side yard for garages, and moved
an amendment to Mr. Brown's motion recommending to the Council
that it not approve the requested side yard minimums.
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Mr. Carter and Mr. Johnson noted that the requested side yard
minimums for houses would be the same as those presently
listed in the Village ordinance except that for two story houses
where a -set back of 15 rather than the required 10 feet would be
provided. The only decrease in existing V311age requirements
would be for one story garages which under their proposal could
be located 5 feet from the property line.
Mr. Brown said he would second the amendment motion so that it
could be brought to a vote. He expressed his support for the
requested minimum side yard standards noting that the proposed
plat would be located within a new development area rather than
near an existing residential area and said that under these
circumstances he felt that the proposed minimum side yards were
warranted.
On the question of Mr. Fosnocht's motion to amend. Mr. Fosnocht
voted aye, and Messers Brown, Emerson, Nesbitt, LaGrow Flavin
and Mrs. Schee and Meyers voted nay. Motion failed. On the
question of Mr. Brown's motion to recommend approval of the
plat and requested minimum side yards, Messers Brown, Nesbitt,
LaGrow, Flavin, Emer on and Mrs. Schee and Meyers voted aye.
Mr. Fosnocht voted no. Motion carried.
B. Mitchell Road Area Planning Study. Consideration of Preliminary
Findings.
The Village Manager briefly reviewed the progress of the Mitchell Road
Planning Study and asked Mr. Ripple to present some of the preliminary
findings. Mr. Ripple presented a series of maps upon Which he had
identified some of the factors affecting the development of
approximately 600 to 700 acres along Mitchell Road and between Red
Rock Lake and Purgatory Creek. He reviewed the terrain, soil
conditions, water areas and water courses and existing developments.
He described a suggested major traffic circulation system for the
area and some possible major public spaces. He noted that the
preliminary findings bA been reviewed with many of the principal
property owners or proposed developers in the area and with a
representative of the Soil Conservation Service.
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The Village Manager noted that the preliminary material would also
be reviewed with representatives of the School District to determine
what, if any, schgol facilities might be required within the area. He
said that prior to the January 4th Commission meeting they would
attempt to develop a recommendation for appropriate overall and
distributed population densities within the study area. He said they
were particularly concerned about the relationship of proposed new
development and the existing development in the area.
The Commission briefly discussed the preliminary finding. The plan
recommendation will be submitted to the Commission for consideration
at it's meeting on January 4th.
C. Eden Prairie Major Center Planning. Consideration of Preliminary
Recommendation.
The Village Manager reviewed the progress of the planning of the
Eden Prairie Major Center area. He identified the area as that part
of the Village affected by the development of lands in close proximinity
to the Interstate 494 and TH 160-212-6 interchange. He noted that
the Metropolitan Council had for some time designated that general
area as the probable site of a major regional diversified center and
that their tentative designation had been recently reinforced by the
announcement of Sears Roebuck Company of their intent to develop
a major retail mall center in that general area. He also noted that
the Eden Prairie Major Center plan proposal were based on some of the
concepts set forth in the Even- Prairie Comprehensive Guide Plan
but that the Major Center Plan was much more specific in terms of
land use and traffic system planning.
The Manager reviewed the preliminary Eden Prairie Major Center Plan
document dated November 1971. He said the plan proposal had been
prepared in cooperation with the major property owners or developers
in the area, that while there were still a few problems to be worked
out, particularly in the southwest quarter, that the plan proposals
were generally concurred in by most of the major property owners
within the ring route area. He suggested that the plan be considered
formally by the Commission at it's meeting on January 4th with the
intent that it might be considered by the Council sometime in late
January or early February and by the Metropolitan Council in late
February. Following a brief discussion, the Commission continued
its consideration of ew proposal until it's meeting bf January 4th.
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D. Eden Prairie Sanitary Sever, & Waterworks Program. Status
Re ort.
The Manager reviewed the Village's progress in implementing it's
trunk sanitary sewer and waferwo*s systems. He reported that by
the end of 1972 approximately 909E of the sewer and water systems
authorized in 1970 would be in operation. He said that these
systems would Provide trunk facilities to most of the properties within
the north and east halves of the Village~ Each member of the
Commission was furnished a copy of a December 13, 1971, memorandum
from the Manager to the Council reviewing the sanitary sewer and
waterworks program status.
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M.
Norma Schee, Secretary