STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Preliminary Plat be continued to the May 1, 2006 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, all necessary changes shall be made to the construction plans as identified on the red lined drawings. In addition, the red lined drawings shall be returned to the Growth Management Department;

2.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the drainage plan shall be revised to include information identifying whether the quantity of riprap at the outlet of the storm sewer is adequate for energy dissipation;

3.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to include a note that states “all drainage easements shown hereon shall be kept free of all obstructions including but not limited to buildings, walls, fences, hedges, trees and shrubs. These easements grant to all public authorities the right to construct, operate, maintain, inspect and repair such improvements and structures as it deems expedient (necessary) to facilitate drainage from any source” as per Chapter 16.12.22.D of the Rapid City Municipal Code;

4.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a private utility master plan shall be submitted for review and approval;

5.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the road construction plans for Bunker Drive shall be revised to show the street located in a minimum 76 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 40 foot wide paved surface or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to provide an additional five feet of right-of-way;

6.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the water plans shall be revised to incorporate the recommendations from the “North Rapid High Level and North Deadwood Avenue Water System Expansion Study” dated May 18, 2005. In addition, the revised water plans shall be submitted for review and approval;

7.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the sewer plans shall be revised verifying the capacity of downstream eight inch sewer main(s) and size this sewer main to handle full basin flows upstream of development. In addition, the revised water plans shall be submitted for review and approval;

8.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, geotechnical information with pavement section recommendations shall be submitted for review and approval;

9.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to provide non-access easements in compliance with the Street Design Criteria Manual;

10.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat title shall be revised to read “located in the N1/2NE1/4SE1/4” in lieu of the “N1/4NE1/4SE1/4”;

11.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, a cost estimate of the subdivision improvements shall be submitted for review and approval; and,

12.

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.