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RZ-2207: Request to rezone Parcel ID’s 842400000030 & 842400000040 from City of Edgewater Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD) to City of Edgewater Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD).
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Parcel ID#: 842400000030 & 842400000040
Proposed use: 288 dwelling units consisting of 178 single-family detached units and 110 townhome units.
Staff Findings:
The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to Residential Planned Unit Development for a development consisting of 288 dwelling units for the Low Density Residential with Conservation Overlay future land use. The property has been annexed into the City of Edgewater; however, at the time of annexation, rezoning and the large-scale comprehensive plan amendment, the City left the zoning as a placeholder.
A Planned Unit Development is a contractual agreement between the municipality and the fee simple owner. At the time the property was rezoned, a development agreement was not finalized. The request before you today is to rezone the property with a development agreement.
The subject property is 74.666 + acres.
The subject property has a future land use (FLU) designation of City of Edgewater Low Density Residential with Conservation Overlay which allows up to 4 units per acre.
City staff has worked with the development team to craft the following RPUD attached with this staff report.
The RPUD will allow for a net density of 4 dwelling units per acre. The project shall not exceed 288 units.
The development is providing a variety of housing options in the form of townhomes and single-family detached units. The conceptual plan depicts 178 single-family detached dwellings and 110 townhome units. The RPUD agreement allows for flexibility for the developer, such that the developer can exchange single-family detached units with twenty (20) foot wide or twenty-four (24) foot wide townhomes, however no less than 100 single family detached dwellings shall be provided.
The development agreement allows for fifty-five (55) foot wide and sixty-five (65) foot wide single-family homes. At least twenty-five (25) percent of single-family home units must be sixty-five (65) feet in width. Single-family homes are required to be a minimum of one thousand and three hundred (1,300) square feet under area with a minimum two car garage.
The development agreement allows for sixteen (16) foot wide townhomes, and twenty (20) to twenty-four (24) foot wide townhomes. All townhome units shall be required to have a one (1) car garage. The sixteen (16) foot wide townhomes are required to have a ten (10) foot by twenty-five (25) foot parking space in the driveway. Twenty (20) foot wide or greater townhomes shall be required to have an eighteen (18) foot wide by twenty-five (25) foot parking space in the driveway. Thirty (30) percent of all townhome units shall provide a two (2) car garage with a minimum eighteen (18) foot by twenty (25) foot parking space in the driveway. No more than seven (7) townhomes may be attached.
All townhome or single-family detached unit buildings at 35 feet in height shall be located a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet from the East or West property line, and fifty (50) feet from the North or South property line.
The following are the dimensions standards established within the RPUD agreement:
The development is providing a twenty (20) foot wide landscape buffer along all project perimeters.
The development is required to have twenty-five (25) percent open space defined as landscape buffers, passive open space such as pocket parks, dog parks, wetlands, and improved water retention or improved water detention ponds. Improvements to water retention or water detention ponds shall be defined as a six (6) foot stabilized walking path with two (2) dog waste stations (dog-bags and trash receptacle).
City staff requested and received from the developer in this agreement the following:
• The development shall provide one (1) recreation center with a pool and gazebo along with two (2) outdoor grills.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning.
• The development allows for counting improved water retention or water detention ponds as open space. The original would have allowed non-improved water retention or water detention ponds to be counted as open space.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning Staff.
• The development will provide two car garages for a minimum of thirty (30) percent of all townhome units. The original agreement had no two (2) car garages for townhome unis.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning Staff.
• No more than seven (7) townhomes shall be attached. The original plan had up to ten (10) attached townhomes.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning Staff.
• The community shall be gated and have private roads.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning Staff.
• A future road stub out shall be provided to parcel 842400000130, south of the development.
o This was a request by Planning and Zoning Staff as the parcel to the South has a placeholder zoning designation of RPUD and is likely to develop. East of US 1 is the proposed Tamarack III RV Park and the developed Terra Mar mobile home park. Staff anticipates the four developments will trigger the need for road improvements on US 1 and as such, connectivity will be important.
Public Comment:
None received.
Planning and Zoning:
All comments satisfied.
Environmental Services:
All comments satisfied.
Building and Permitting:
All comments satisfied.
Fire Department/Code Enforcement:
All comments satisfied.
Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Board send a favorable recommendation to City Council for RZ-2207.