Staff recommends that the Preliminary Plat be continued to the August 16, 2004 City Council meeting as the stipulations of approval have not been met.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Preliminary Plat be approved with the following stipulations:

1. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a grading plan and an erosion and sediment control plan for all improved areas shall be submitted for review and approval;
2. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a drainage plan shall be submitted for review and approval. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to provide drainage easements as necessary;
3. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an on-site wastewater plan prepared by a Professional Engineer demonstrating that the soils are suitable for on-site wastewater systems shall be submitted for review and approval or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;
4. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, data to confirm that proposed on-site well(s) have sufficient flows and water quality shall be submitted for review and approval. If a shared well is proposed then it shall be designed as a public water system or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to show utility easement(s) as needed;
5. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, all necessary changes shall be made to the construction plans as identified on the redlined drawings. In addition, the redlined drawings shall be returned to the Engineering Division;
6. Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a cost estimate of the subdivision improvements shall be submitted for review and approval;
7. A Special Exception is hereby granted to allow a street with a 15% grade in lieu of a maximum 12% grade as per the Street Design Criteria Manual;
8. A Special Exception is hereby granted to allow 237th Street to be located off center line of the right-of-way as per the Street Design Criteria Manual;
9. Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, a Wild Fire Mitigation Plan shall be submitted for review and approval and the plan shall be implemented;
10 Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to provide a minimum lot size of ten acres per parcel or a Variance to waive the requirement to provide the minimum ten acre lot size in the Limited Agriculture District shall be obtained from the Pennington County Zoning Board of Adjustment;
11. Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the street name for "237th Street";
12. Upon submittal of a Final Plat application, a road maintenance agreement for 237th Street shall be submitted for review and approval;
13. Upon submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat title shall be revised to eliminate the comma from the "N1/2N1/2NE1/4";
14. Upon submittal of a Final Plat application, a reserve area shall be shown or a note shall be placed on the plat indicating that at the time a Building Permit is applied for, a reserve drainfield area will be identified and held in reserve unless a public sewer system is provided; and,
15. Upon submittal of a Final Plat application, surety for any required subdivision improvements that have not been completed shall be posted and the subdivision inspection fees shall be paid.

Vote: (6 to 0 with Brown, Fast Wolf, Schmidt, Nash, Hadcock and Rodriquez voting yes and none voting no)