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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-038ARESOLUTION N0.98-38A CITY COUNCIL CITY OF STILLWATER STILLWATER CITY HALL WASHINGTON COUNTY In Re: The Liberty of Stillwater 1) PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL SUB 97-71 2) PRELIMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL SUB/97-70 WHEREAS, the City Council, finds that the application on file for the request is complete and that all submitted requirements have been met; that due and proper public notice has been mailed and published and that the procedural and substantial requirements of law have been met. After due and careful consideration of the application, after considering the comments of the public, both written and that represented at the public hearings, the City Council hereby resolves as follows: 1. That preliminary plat approval and preliminary planned unit development approval are hereby given, subject to the following conditions of approval: 2. 3 4 A Forest Management Plan for the Liberty Woodlands must be prepared with City review and approval by a qualified forester. The plan shall describe measures that can be taken by the developer and new homeowner to protect the woodland. All trails must be 8 feet bituminous pathways and installed as part of Phase I subdivision improvements. Street trees and site landscaping must be installed as phased subdivision occurs or as public improvements are made. Street crossings along Liberty Parkway, Liberty Avenue, Rutherford Road, Pioneer Place and Settlers Way must be paved with concrete or marked in some other way acceptable to the City. 5. Boulevard areas and front yards must be sodded. 6. The final design of the traffic circle and County Road 12 right of way must be approved by the City and Washington County before final PUD and plat approval. 7. DNR must approve the open space plan and dock locations plan before final City PUD and plat approval. 8. Added right of way or street easements must be provided as required by the City Engineer. 9. The Lakeshore setback area must be protected with an open space/conservation easement prohibiting land and vegetation disturbances and prohibiting construction other than the public pathway, docks and enhanced landscaping. 10. Educational information must be provided to all Lakeshore homeowners to provide approved lawn care methods. 11. The pathway easements must be legally described and marked along the shoreline. 12. A list of acceptable trees native to the area must be provided to developers and owners of individual lots for use in their landscape plans. 13. The Homeowner's Association must be responsible for maintenance of greens, cul de sacs and landscaped development theme areas. 14. Areas around wetlands and drainage ponds must be plated with native plants suited to the environment. 15. All Lakeshore and Echo Green lots must require Administrative Design Review before being built upon. 16. Approved fencing detail must be included in final PUD review and approval. 17. The City Attorney and City Engineer must review and approve the declarations, covenants, conditions, restrictions and easements before final PUD approval. 18. The City Attorney and Community Development Director must review the dock easements and covenant agreements before final PUD approval. 19. The Development Architectural Control Committee must approve final PUD plans for consistency with architectural standards contained in the PUD application before city review. 2 20. The City's Design Guidelines for Phase I expansion area development must be used by the City staff and Planning Commission in reviewing final Planned Unit Development Plans. 21. The City and Developer must implement the AUAR Mitigation Plan regarding storm water runoff and natural area protection (protection of oak forest from oak wilt). 22. All lot building envelopes except for four as shown on the concept PUD plans must meet slope setback requirements. 23. The Echo Greens development area must be restudied before final Phase III PUD approval to see if a residence can reduce tree removal, minimize wetland impacts and reduce grading and land alterations. 24. Final landscape plans must be submitted as a part of final PUD approval showing private landscaping in additional to street trees. 25. The subdivision improvement plans road, sidewalk and utilities must be reviewed by a forester to minimize impacts to trees. 26. Comments from the City Engineer in his memo of 1-23-98 must be addressed before Phase I preliminary plat approval. 27. Street and access issues raised in Glen Van Wormer's letter of 1-27-98 must be addressed before final plat approval. 28. Before Phase II PUD and subdivision approval, the Phase I project design must be reviewed to see if the design guidelines desired effect is achieved or design guidelines or zoning modifications are needed. 29. Subdivision improvements must be reviewed by a forester to minimize the impact to trees. 30. Private open space restrictions prohibit tree cutting except as permitted in the approved Forest Management Plan.. 31. Wider tree preservation easements shall be provided along the back of the Lakeshore Lots from the current 90-foot width to a maximum 170 feet through deed restrictions. 3 w ~ M 32. The applicant must evaluate possible soil erosion impacts and development visibility from public waters before applying for a permit for construction of sewage treatment systems, roads, driveways, structures or other impro~rements on steep slopes. When determined necessary, conditions must be attached to issued permits to prevent erosion and to preserve existing vegetation screening of structures, vehicles and other facilities as viewed from the surface of public waters, assuming summer, leaf-on vegetation. Enacted by the City Council of the City of Stillwater this 3~D day of 1998. CITY OF STILLWATER 3 ~ le ayor ATTEST: Morli Weldon, Clerk 4