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Planning Commission Report,August 2006 4 9. There is a solid waste site at each shelter/laundry facility and one at the dump station. Waste will be collected and transferred to a landfill. 1o. Drawings submitted with the EAW show a fire pit on each site. 11. There is no planned connection to the municipal centralized wastewater treatment system. Sewage treatment is to be provided on-site. 12. A grading plan has been submitted that includes plan/profile views as well as cross sections that detail the amount of grading to be done. The grading plan demonstrates an understanding of the development and presents how the sites will be accessed as well as how stormwater will be adequately handled on site. 13. Four storm shelters are proposed for the site, although they are not required in Minnesota for campgrounds. The plans have been submitted to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for review. On the Design Criteria for a Planned Unit Development 14. The proposed development contains 157 units, exceeding the minimum requirement of three units for a PUD. 15. A vegetative screening plan has been submitted. All facilities and sites are set back a minimum of fifty feet from the lot lines. The screening plan indicates that the property will be adequately screened as viewed from adjacent properties and rights- of-way. 16. Open space is calculated to be 49% of the site, exceeding the minimum requirement Of 25%. This includes the storage area, areas designated for future recreational facilities, sewage treatment areas and some miscellaneous strips of land not designated as a site,which likely would not count as open space. 17. Common space is 56% of the project area, exceeding the minimum requirement of �. 50%. 18. A stormwater plan has been submitted, along with detailed calculations, indicating how stormwater is to be handled on the site. Stormwater will be adequately handled on this site. 19. The applicant has provided preliminary water supply and wastewater treatment design information. This information is adequate to demonstrate that the site is capable of providing water and for handling wastewater flows from the proposed development. 20.The preliminary drainage plan includes erosion control elements.The EAW indicates that stormwater permitting from the MPCA is being applied for. 21. The applicant has submitted an exterior lighting plan indicating type of lighting to be used and lighting patterns. The implementation of this plan, along with conditions included with this development,will be adequate to address concerns with lighting. 22.The property contains no shoreline and the development will not provide access to any shore recreation facilities. 23.Building standards specified in the Ordinance do not apply as the proposed dwelling units will be recreational vehicles, not constructed dwellings. The resort will be operated seasonally and,therefore,winterizing of the water systems is not necessary. 24.Parking and driving areas are proposed to be paved. On the Suitability for a Planned Unit Development 25.There is no recreational use of surface waters provided with this development. There will likely be an increase in the use of the area's lakes as a result of this development as the development will provide more opportunities for people to live in and visit the area. The overall increase in surface water usage associated with this development is not measurable with any currently known data and is not believed to be significant. 26.The aesthetic impacts of increased density are unknown, but it is believed that they can be mitigated through screening and buffering. 14084 Baxter Drive, Suite 7 1 Baxter, Minnesota 56425 1 218.828.3064 1 www.communitygrowth.com