Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Lawrence Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Office
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TO: |
Mike Wildgen, City Manager
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FROM: |
Planning Staff
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CC: |
Mike Keeney, Applicant representative Sheila Stogsdill, Interim Planning Director
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Date: |
February 27, 2006
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RE: |
SP-01-08-06; Lake Pointe Villas – single-family development
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Staff has been working with the applicant to resolve outstanding conditions related to this site plan. Several conditions are identical to those related to a proposed duplex development considered by the City Commission previously for this property.
Attached is the updated list of conditions for this property based on a revised site plan dated February 20, 2006. Items that have been revised or completed are shown with a line.
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Staff Recommendation: Planning staff recommends approval of the site plan subject to the following conditions: 1. Provision of the following documents: a.
b. Execution of an encroachment agreement with Southern Star Gas prior to issuance of building permits. c. Provision of an addressing scheme from Lake Pointe Drive for individual dwelling units to be recorded with the Register of Deeds office. d. Provision of recording fees for address assignment. e. Provision of a photometric plan and lighting detail for the private drive. 2. Dedication of an access easement within the interior of the development by separate instrument. 3.
4. Dedication of a pedestrian easement between the proposed development and Clinton Parkway and for the access between the proposed residential development and the commercial development to the east. 5. Provision of a revised site plan to amend General Note 20 to state that the specific site improvements such as the interior access, sidewalks, and public improvements shall be complete prior to occupancy of units. 6.
7. Submission and approval of public improvement plans as required for sanitary sewer, water, and storm sewer prior to issuance of building permits. 8. Provision of a guard rail or acceptable alternative at the western termination of the access drive within the development. 9.
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12. Provide a detail for each housing type on the face of the plan including the driveway and unit dimensions. 13. Approval of the drainage study by the City Public Works Department. a. Provide drainage easements by separate instrument if applicable with public improvements plans for the proposed storm sewer. Provide a note with the deed book and page for drainage easements to serve this development as applicable (if required for drainage easements, per City staff approval). b. Provision of a revised site plan to note deed book and page reference on face of site plan of any required drainage easements 14. Provision of a revised landscape plan to include following changes: a. Include mixture of plants around the west and north boundaries of property along with English Box Hedge, preferably native or adaptable to create a layered, natural look of multiple heights and widths, include some evergreen and deciduous. b. Provision of groupings of screening directly behind the buildings and smaller trees evergreen shrubs along Lake Pointe Drive and the east and west property lines 15. a.
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