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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Waiver of design and infrastructure standards for Matthew's Summit Subdivision RESOLUTION NO. 11-388 RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS AND PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENT FOR MATTHEW'S SUMMIT SUBDIVISION FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, the City Council referred to staff a letter from Mark Gannon seeking a waiver of the subdivisions standards, and he is proposing a five-lot subdivision of land named Matthew's Summit Subdivision at East Riverside Road and Stagecoach Road northeast of Ames in rural Story County; and, WHEREAS, a portion of the proposed subdivision is subject to the provisions of the Ames subdivision regulations,because it lies within the Rural Transitional Residential area of the Urban Fringe Plan,and another portion of the site lies within the Rural Residential area of the Plan,which exempts the City from review of the subdivision because of provisions in the recently adopted 28-E Agreement; and, WHEREAS,the property owner requests a waiver of the design and improvement standards, otherwise applicable in the Rural Transitional Residential area, and these standards define the minimum public infrastructure standards, including public water, sanitary sewer, storm water, and street improvements, including street trees and sidewalks; and, WHEREAS, in this instance,no public improvements are necessary since the site is served by rural water and on-site septic systems, and no streets are proposed as each lot has frontage on an existing paved street; and, WHEREAS, the property owner also requests a waiver from the requirement that a preliminary plat be prepared, and under the City's subdivision standards, any subdivision greater than three lots is classified as a major subdivision that requires a preliminary plat, and he is further requesting a waiver from the County's requirement for a preliminary plat; and, WHEREAS, the proposed subdivision straddles two different land use designations of the Urban Fringe Plan,and this Plan shows that frontage along East Riverside Road is Rural Transitional Residential, while Stagecoach Road is Rural Residential; and, WHEREAS, the terms of the 28-E Agreement have given subdivision jurisdiction in some areas of the Plan to the County, while the City and County retain joint jurisdiction in other areas; and, WHEREAS, since two of the lots(Lots 1 and 2)lie within the rural Transitional Residential area,the City will City will request that the plat application include the three covenants that usually accompany rural subdivisions, and these covenants bind the owners and successors to: 1)agree to annexation at the time the City requests; 2) waive objections to assessments that may be imposed in the future if public improvements are brought to the site as an assessment project;and,3)pay any fees associated with the buy-out of rural water; and, WHEREAS, since there is not public infrastructure,the requirement that a preliminary plat be submitted can be waived since the preliminary plat is intended to identify and evaluate the proposed public improvements; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that request to waive the City's design and infrastructure standards for subdivisions and to waive the requirement for a preliminary plat for the proposed five-lot residential subdivision, to be known as Matthew's Summit Subdivision, on East Riverside Road and Stagecoach Road is hereby approved, subject to submittal of the standard,signed covenants for Lots 1 and 2,which waivers will take effect if, within six months following the date of resolution, signed covenants and an application for the final plat are submitted to the City. ADOPTED THIS 9`' day of August, 2011. • UAJ-11 Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Davis Seconded by: Goodman Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Orazem, Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9`h day of August, 2011.