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, road construction plans for Clover Ridge Court shall be submitted for review and approval showing the cul-de-sac street shall constructed with a minimum 24 foot wide paved surface and a sidewalk along the south side of the street or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the construction plans shall identify the cul-de-sac bulb located within a minimum 110 foot diameter right-of-way and a minimum 96 foot diameter paved surface or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

3.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for Clover Ridge Drive shall be submitted for review and approval showing the street located within a minimum 52 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a sidewalk along the south side of the street or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

4.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for Wild Flower Drive shall be submitted for review and approval showing the street located within a minimum 52 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a minimum 27 foot wide paved surface and sewer or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

5.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for Prairie View Drive shall be submitted for review and approval showing the street located within a minimum 52 foot wide right-of-way and constructed with a sidewalk along the east side of the street or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

6.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, road construction plans for E. Minnesota Street shall be submitted for review and approval showing a sidewalk along the north side of the street or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained. In addition, the plat document shall be revised to show the dedication of 10 additional feet of right-of-way or a Variance to the Subdivision Regulations shall be obtained;

7.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the plat document shall be revised to show the existing side lot lines;

8.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, Exceptions shall be obtained to allow water and sewer service lines to cross another lot or the plat document shall be revised accordingly;

9.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, the plat document shall be revised to provide a minimum 8 foot wide minor drainage and utility easement along all side lot lines or an Exception shall be obtained from the City Engineer to reduce the easement width to allow the existing structural encroachments;

10.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, written documentation from all of the affected utility companies shall be submitted for review and approval indicating concurrence with relocating the lot lines as proposed and with reducing the width of the minor drainage and utility easement along all side lot lines as proposed or the plat document shall be revised as needed;

11.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan in compliance with the adopted Stormwater Quality Manual shall be submitted for review and approval if subdivision improvements are required. In addition, an Erosion and Sediment Control Permit shall be obtained prior to any construction;

12.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an Exception shall be obtained to reduce the separation between the street intersection and the driveway location for Lot 1R from 50 feet to 22 feet or the plat document shall be revised to provide a minimum 50 foot separation as per the Street Design Criteria Manual;

13.

Prior to Preliminary Plat approval by the City Council, an Exception shall be obtained to reduce the separation between the street intersection and the driveway location for Lot 5R from 50 feet to 17 feet or the plat document shall be revised to provide a minimum 50 foot separation as per the Street Design Criteria Manual;

14.

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

15.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised to show the sewer easement located between Lot 9R and 10R with a minimum width of 20 feet except where structural encroachments exist;

16.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised eliminating the note stating “Approval and acceptance of this document shall also secure unspecified easements (as may be necessary) for any individual water and/or sewer service lines that are not located within the boundaries of the properties they serve. However, at such time as any individual water and/or sewer service lines benefitting from the aforementioned easements require replacement or repair, said services shall be brought into compliance with the City Ordinance in effect at the time of repair or replacement”;

17.

Prior to submittal of a Final Plat application, the plat document shall be revised eliminating the note stating “No vehicular access onto or off of Minnesota Street from Lots 1R – 11R”. Instead, a note shall be placed on the plat stating “Access Restriction-access is prohibited onto or off of the adjoining right(s) of way as designated”. In addition, the plat document shall delineate the access restriction using hatching, shading or a specific detail at a readable drawing scale;

18.

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, and,

19.

Prior to the City’s acceptance of the public improvements, a warranty surety shall be submitted for review and approval as required.