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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-09-22 City Planner Ltr to Applicant T P C . 31 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, MN 55303 Phone: 763.231.5840 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 TPC@PIanningCo. corn September 22, 2011 Tim Nolde P.O. Box 119 Stillwater, Minnesota 55082 RE: Oak Park Heights — Oak Park Senior Living Phase I — PUD Amendment FILE NO: 236.02 — 11.04 Dear Mr. Nolde: The City deemed your application materials received on September 20, 2011 for an amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) approvals for Oakgreen Village located at Nova Scotia Avenue North and 58 Street. The application consists of a request to amend the PUD to allow for a reduction in the number of approved townhome units and to construct brownstone senior living buildings. With this letter we are notifying you that the application is not complete. The City will deem it complete with receipt of the following items by 3:00 pm, September 28, 2011, should these items not be received by such date and in total, the application will be rejected as incomplete: 1. Provide an ownership lien and encumbrance report for the property included in this application. 2. Provide a narrative and documentation on the proposed changes and transition to a revised Development Agreement and the Homeowners Association Documents. 3. Provide a written update as the status of the October 4, 2011 neighborhood meeting including projected date of written notification to surrounding property owners and how (and by whom) that meeting will be executed. 4. A Preliminary Plat. 5. Detailed utility plans separated from the colored site plans. 6. Full scale copies of the entire plan sheet set, including utility plans 7. Dimensioning of all of the site plans and architectural plans. Tim Nolde September 22, 2011 Page 2 8. Include a table indicating the square footage and number of bedrooms tied to each of the floor plans. 9. Provide calculations of overall project density including the recently completed Oakgreen Commons. Calculate the square footage of land area per dwelling unit for each of the three phases and as a total. 10. Provide a copy of the approved plans for the Oakgreen Village project with the proposed total number of units that were to be constructed at build out. 11. Indicate on the plans how access will be provided to the garages of the four units at the south west corner of the project. Will these units be constructed as part of this Phase I and will they be identical to the existing four -plex immediately north? 12. Provide a lighting plan with photometrics, images of the fixtures and specification sheets on all of the fixtures to be used. If any of the fixtures to be used are of a residential style and not full cut off, please specify at this time. 13. Provide a specific signage plan for any wall or monument signs to be used for the development. 14. Provide a snow storage /removal plan. 15. Indicate if trash /recycling is to be stored inside the buildings or if outdoor storage facilities are to be used. 16. Provide mechanical detail plans and screening for any outside units. 17. Include on all of the building elevation plans details on the types and colors of building materials. A materials board shall be required. 18. A graphic perspective of the development from various locations shall be required. 19. Any additional landscape details required by the City Arborist. All plans and documentation as required by this letter shall be submitted directly to Eric Johnson, City Administrator by 3:00 pm September 28, 2011, in hard copy and CD format. No email submissions shall be permitted nor will be accepted. Do not email information, respond as specifically directed. 2 Tim Nolde September 22, 2011 Page 3 It is important to note that Staff reviewed the application materials at a meeting on September 21, 2011. The architecture of the buildings and the lack of variety in style will likely need to be addressed as this project proceeds, being they are not consistent with the City's Design Guidelines and we encourage you to carefully consider the architectural look of these facilities. The buildings are very horizontal in design with few architectural features to break up the long facades. We would additionally ask that you provide some alternate plans to break up singular buildings and provide some different features and or colors from building to building. We invite you and your representatives to a meeting with City Staff to discuss this application on September 28, 2011, 10:00 A.M. at City Hall. If all of the application materials are submitted as requested, the Planning Commission would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for October 13, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Hall Council chambers. Should there be any lacking data, the City will reject this application in total. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(f), the City of Oak Park Heights is herewith extending the period of time for agency /city review of the application for an additional 60 day period (for a total of 120 days from the date of a complete application) inasmuch as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff relative to the complexity of the project as proposed will be required. Please contact me with any questions you may have. Sincerely, Scott D. Richards, AICP The Planning Company LLC — (City of Oak Park Heights Planning Consultant) c: Eric Johnson, City Administrator Mark Vierling, City Attorney Julie Hultman, Planning File Todd Erickson, FFE 3 Julie Hultman From: Scott Richards < Scott @planningco.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:36 AM To: 'Tim Nolde' Cc: Eric Johnson; 'Mark Vierling'; Julie Hultman; terickson @ffe- inc.com Subject: Application Letters, Oak Park Senior Living Phase I and II Attachments: Oak Park Senior Living Phase I - Application Letter(1).doc; Oak Park Senior Living Phase II - Application Letter(1).doc Tim: Please find the attached application letters for Oak Park Senior Living Phase I and II. A paper copy of these letters is being sent to you today via US Mail. Note the meeting we have scheduled on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Scott D. Richards, AICP THE PLANNING COMPANY LLC 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, MN 55303 Mobile: 952.221.0547 Phone: 763.231.5840 Direct: 763.231.5842 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 Email: Scott(a PlanningCo.com 1