05.01 - Reconsideration of Motion Regarding Wilderness Reort Villas, LLC - Conditional Use Permit and Preliminary Plat.

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`.. The following is an excerpt from the March 28, 2005 Zoning Administrator's Report that was included in your packet for the April 5 Council meeting. 2. Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development,Wilderness Resort Villas, LLC. After much discussion, Wilderness Resort, the Planning Commission, and the Planning Staff developed a hybrid approach to the proposed development on Wilderness Point. The approach develops the property at residential density while maintaining the commercial zoning, meeting the commercial performance standards and providing for ongoing commercial use. The philosophy behind this approach is as follows: Residential PUDs are allowed increased density over a standard development because there is an offset in green/open space as well as some other design considerations(clustered sewer, stormwater management, etc...)that mitigate for the increased density. Commercial PUDs are allowed even higher density because they provide an added economic development benefit to the community. The offset is that the commercial design standards are even higher than the residential standards. �-- For this development, Wilderness Resort proposes to develop at residential density. However, the underlying zoning will remain Waterfront Commercial to maintain consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and to encourage the continued resort aspect of the development. The residential density standard would reduce the number of proposed units to 45, instead of 54 units that the Waterfront Commercial would otherwise allow. All of the units would be new construction and would meet all of the increased setbacks as well as all of the commercial design criteria. They intend to operate the property as a resort and will market them as units with a rental option, but there will be no obligation to rent. In a worse case scenario, if none of the units are rented,the expectation of a residential density will still be met. If all of the units are rented, the commercial design standards will be met and the economic benefits of commercial development will be met, despite the density being at a residential standard. The Planning Commission recommends that you approve the Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Unit Development of Wilderness Resort based off of the following findings of fact: On the zoning&setbacks 1. The underlying zone is Waterfront Commercial. 217 South 7th Street, Suite 114 2 Brainerd, MN 56401 (218) 828-3064 www.communitygrowth.com