Staff recommends that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations be continued to the May 3, 2004 City Council meeting as the stipulations of approval have mot been met.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Variance to the Subdivision Regulations to waive the requirement to install curb, gutter, street light conduit and sidewalk on one side of the street and to allow lots twice as long as wide as per Chapter 16.16 of the Rapid City Municipal Code be approved with the following stipulations:

1. That curb, gutter and sidewalk be provided along one side of the streets as shown on the Preliminary Plat;
2. The lot approaches along the side of the streets without curb and gutter shall be constructed as part of the subdivision improvements to assure that an adequately sized culvert as per engineering analysis is installed and properly located.;
3. Erosion control measures shall be provided in the ditches as needed;
4. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the street section shall be revised to provide a minimum separation between the back of the curb and the sidewalk of five feet; and,
5. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the applicant shall sign a waiver of right to protest any future assessments for the improvement.

Vote: (9 to 0 with Brannan, Brown, Henning, Hoffmann, Nash, Prairie Chicken, Schmidt, Stone and Wevik voting yes and none voting no)