04 - Staff Report - Conditional Use Permit Wilderness Resort Villas

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I. No deed restrictions, covenants, or easements have been submitted to preserve and maintain open space or utility access. 2. Although this is a commercial PUD, a resort/homeowners association is required. The applicant has attested to how this will be done, but no information on this has been submitted. 3. More than 50 percent of the proposed PUD is open space, which does not include dwellings, roads,parking spaces, or any other developed areas. 4. More than 50 percent of the shore impact zone is preserved. Deed or other type of restrictions will be required to prove continued protection. 5. An erosion control plan has not been submitted. 6. A stormwater management plan has not been submitted. The applicant is required to be prepared for a 100-year,24 hour storm event with no ponding or flooding of structures. The survey does indicate that two stormwater retention ponds will be included in the development, but volumes and conveyance mechanisms have not been calculated. 7. Commercial PUDs allow up to 35 percent impervious surface with a stormwater management plan and up to 25 percent impervious coverage without a stormwater management plan. The development does not exceed 22 percent impervious coverage in any tier or overall. 8. The PUD will use a centralized ISTS system for all of the resort units. The drainfield at the tip of the peninsula is to be removed, and the drainfield at the northeastern edge of the property will remain. An additional drainfield will be added on the northeastern side of the development. 9. The units are clustered on the southeastern portion of the property. The northern portion of the property is primarily wetland. No development is proposed in the wetland. 10. A beach and picnic area is located on the southern part of the eastern edge of the property. These areas have been consolidated into one area to reduce their overall impact. 11. The PUD is allowed up to 34 mooring sites; one site for each unit in the first tier. The PUD is also allowed one day dock for loading and unloading for units beyond the first tier. The PUD exceeds the allowed number of mooring sites with a proposed 48 mooring sites. 12. The mooring sites are proposed in two sections on both sides of the peninsula. 13. The survey does not indicate what existing vegetation would be removed or what kind of screening would be kept or planted. 14. The proposed accessory structures meet the setback requirements. Other 1. Middle Cullen Lake has 29, 416 feet of shoreline, as per GIS data provided by Crow Wing County. Wilderness Resort has a total of 2,653 feet of shoreline. The resort comprises 9.0% of the total shoreline on the lake. 2. Each unit is required to have 1.5 parking spaces. This information is not indicated on the survey. 3. The survey does not indicate where any signage will be placed. February Staff Report Page 15