4A - Final Plat of RV Resort at the Preserve, Helbing

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L STAFF REPORT Application: Final Plat of RV Resort at the Preserve Applicant: Dan Helbling Agenda Item:4(a) Background: The City Council approved the preliminary plat of RV Resort Village at the February 2007 meeting. This subdivision will create 172 lots.Of those,168 are for RV units,one is for a community building, one for a sales building, one for a caretaker, and a final lot for common space. The final plat is the last step in the subdivision process. Applicable Statutes: To obtain final plat approval, an applicant must fulfill the final plat requirements contained in the Ordinance and must also meet any conditions imposed by the City during the preliminary plat approval. The applicant received approval of the preliminary plat in February,subject to the following conditions: 1. The resort shall develop an internal permitting process to monitor improvements to the sites that would increase the amount of impervious coverage. Overall impervious coverage shall not exceed an average of 1,500 square feet per site. The location of impervious areas shall not be allowed to exceed the design standards for any of the drainage areas. A report on impervious coverage shall be submitted to the City annually for review. This program shall be established within the covenants for this development. The covenants, including this program, shall be reviewed during the final plat process and shall be modified at that time as per the direction of the Planning Commission. 2. The private road may only be utilized by the occupant of Lot 1, except in an emergency situation where there shall be no restriction. Section 11.9, Subdivision 6C outlines the procedure to follow when reviewing a final plat application and directs the Planning Commission to consider the following: 1. Has the applicant complied with all conditions and requirements upon which the preliminary approval is expressly conditioned wither through performance or execution of appropriate agreements assuring performance? 2. Does the Final Plat or Final Condominium Plat agree with the Preliminary Plat or Preliminary Condominium Plat? g. Does the City Attorney agree that all parties with an interest in the property are shown as signers of the document? 4. Does the City Engineer agree that all improvements required are satisfactorily completed or are guaranteed by contract with adequate financial security? 5. Does an independent Professional Land Surveyor agree that the final document meets the statutory requirements? 6. Has financial security been posted in the appropriate amount? Staff Findings: The Staff provides the following findings of fact for consideration by the Planning Commission: 1. The applicant has complied with the conditions of the preliminary plat approval. Specifically, City of Pequot Lakes Staff Report 1-1 April i9,2oa7