Conditional Use Permit for the RV Resort Village at the Preserve, Helbling

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Planning Commission Direction: The Planning Commission can recommend approval of the conditional use permit, recommend denial, or table the request if additional information is needed. If the recommendation is for approval or denial,findings of fact should be cited. Staff Recommendation: Everyone involved with the City has been supportive of this development through the concept phases. While the actual details are always more difficult than the concept, this remains a viable project with a good likelihood of success. It is not, however,ready to be acted upon at this time,and we recommend that it be tabled. There are a number of issues that must be addressed during the Conditional Use Process to ensure that the project is viable and ready to go on to the next phase. At this point, those include the following: - Screening and vegetation enhancement issues, specifically as it relates to buffer zones between adjacent properties and Hurtig Road. - The status and condition of Hurtig road and how improvements induced by this development are going to be paid for. - What improvements to Highway 371, if any, are going to be necessary immediately and as part of the highway expansion and how those improvements are going to be paid for. - Whether or not there is need to further evaluate the Blandings turtle impacts/issues. - A preliminary water system design and analysis so that there is an understanding of the system and technology that is going to be utilized and the extent of the investment required. - A preliminary wastewater system design so that there is an understanding of the system and technology that is going to be utilized and the extent of the investment required. - A preliminary evaluation of drainage patterns and runoff impacts so that there is a reasonable degree of confidence that stormwater is going to be handled on site and not allowed to negatively impacts adjacent properties, internal RV sites or wetland areas. - A preliminary grading plan that demonstrates how topographical issues in Block 2 are going to be dealt with as well as how grading issues around sites 16 through 19, 29 and 30 in Block 1 will be addressed. - A rudimentary plan for how solid waste is to be handled on site. - A draft of covenants or deed restrictions to demonstrate that the applicant has thoroughly thought-out the process of ensuring that the resort remains a viable operational entity in perpetuity. - An indication of the amount and proposed location of signage anticipated with the development. - Documentation of the composition of a typical site. - Completion of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet. There are a number of issues that can be addressed between the Conditional Use Permit approval and the Final Plat. These are items where the overall issue would not be in question, but there are some technical details to work out. Once the issues in the above list are resolved, items that could be made conditions of a CUP approval would include: - Attaining Department of Health certification for the project. - Providing a final water system design and analysis. - Providing a final sewage treatment system design. - Completing sewage treatment system permitting with the MPCA. - Providing a formal solid waste disposal plan. - Providing a final drainage plans showing containment of the required rain events. - Providing a final grading and erosion control plan. City of Pequot Ickes Staff Report 5-9 March 16,2006