4A - Amendment to the Conditional Use Permit for the RV Resort Village at the Preserve

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STAFF REPORT Application: Amendment to the Conditional Use Permit for the RV Resort Village at the Preserve Applicant: Dan Helbling Agenda Item:4(a) Background: This application is essentially an amendment to a Conditional Use Permit approved on the same property in September 2oo6. The applicant has acquired the parcel that was surrounded by the previously approved resort. The development has now been redesigned to accommodate an additional 11 units and a 6,000 square foot clubhouse/community room. The applicant owns 56 acres of property along the west side of Highway 371 a little over two miles south of downtown Pequot Lakes. A 168 unit (increased from previously approved 157 unit) Recreational Vehicle (RV) Resort is proposed for the site. The access to the resort is proposed to be off of Hurtig Road. The property is zoned Agriculture (AG) and falls within the Recreation Vehicle Resort Overlay District. Recreational amenities, shared facilities, fenced storage,sewage treatment and stormwater management are proposed to be provided on site. This project requires a Conditional Use Permit. The standards for approval include those for a campground, which includes the provisions of a Planned Unit Development, as well as those contained in the Overlay District. Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings of fact for consideration by the Planning Commission. 1. The parcel is 56.15 acres in size and thus meets the minimum lot size requirements. On the campground standards of Section 8.4 2. The City does not enforce the standards of the Department of Health,but permitting from that agency is required to ensure that development conforms to their standards. The City has provided a letter for the applicants to assist in obtaining a Department of Health approval. 3. Each proposed site meets the minimum requirements of 3,000 square feet and is at least 40-feet center-to-center to adjacent units. 4. Adjacent to each site is a strip of land for a service road. The strips of land range from 40 feet to 50 feet wide,thus meeting the minimum standard. 5. Parking is provided on each individual site. 6. Recreational facilities are provided and are addressed during the PUD portion of the review. 7. The applicant has submitted a detailed narration on how the development will be supplied with water. 8. The applicant has submitted a detailed narration, along with preliminary plans and schematics, indicating how wastewater flows are to be handled within this development. 9. There is a solid waste site at each shelter/laundry facility and a number of dumpsters. Waste will be collected and transferred to a landfill. 1o. Drawings submitted with the EAW show a fire pit on each site. ii. There is no planned connection to the municipal centralized wastewater treatment system. Sewage treatment is to be provided on-site. City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report February 15,2007