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Shakopee City Council
July 5, 2023
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| | | | | | | | | FROM: | Mark Noble, Senior Planner | | TO: | Mayor and Council Members |
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| | | | | | | | Subject:
Final Plat of Highview Park | | |
| | | | | | | | Policy/Action Requested:
Adopt Resolution R2023-080, approving the Final Plat of Highview Park. | | |
| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
The Planning Commission reviewed the Preliminary Plat application on April 6, 2023, and by a unanimous (6-0) vote, recommended that the City Council approve the requested action. | | |
| | | | | | | | Discussion:
D.R. Horton Inc. - Minnesota, applicant, and LaTour Farms LP, David Brown, and Roger & Vickie Plekkenpol, property owners, have applied for Final Plat approval of property located south of County State Aid Highway 78 and East & West of Zumbro Avenue as identified in the attached legal descriptions and concept plan.
The proposed first addition of Highview Park consists of approx. 106 acres and 172 units, including 122 single family homes and 50 twin homes.
This property was rezoned to R-2, Medium Density Zone, in the northwestern portion (which consists of the twin homes), with the balance rezoned R-1B, Urban Residential Zone. This property is guided Suburban Residential (3-6 dwelling units per acre) and Suburban Edge Residential (0.01 – 3 dwelling units per acre), which is consistent with their proposed plat. The developer has agreed to construct homes compliant with the design and performance standards for those zoning districts.
The applicant is proposing the first phase of development of this property, building out to the southerly line over the next several years. They have been actively developing the property to the north of this area, and with continued strong sales of those homes, they are looking at this area for a logical expansion of the existing utilities and roadways.
The developer proposed and received approval of annexation of this property into the City of Shakopee earlier this year. At the time of that annexation, it was known that additional property needed to be annexed as it related to this property, with the City presently proposing the annexation of a segment of Zumbro Avenue (on the 7/6/ PC agenda, to be presented to the Council on July 18th), and another small sliver of property proposed for annexation in August, 2023 (property ownership was recently resolved in this situation). A condition of approval is that those segments of property need to be annexed into the City properly prior to any plat recording. Attached to this report is an Annexation Exhibit identifying those areas still needing to be annexed.
City, County, and SPU staff have spent considerable time discussing details of this project with the applicant, their consultant, and Jackson Township representatives. As part of this project, if approved, the developer will be providing a significant amount of park dedication fees that the city will utilize to create improvements to the Township’s Jackson Park (located at the southwest corner of CSAH 78 & CSAH 15/Marystown Road). Design of the park improvements will be a joint effort between the city, developer and Jackson Township. Additionally, city staff is in discussion with county staff, the applicant and Jackson Township on design options for a pedestrian crossing of CSAH 78 at Zumbro Avenue with a final design to be reviewed and approved by both Scott County and the Shakopee City Council at a later date..
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