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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amendment to Master Plan for 2617 Bobcat Drive RESOLUTION NO. 16-605 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO MASTER PLAN FOR RINGGENBERG PARK SUBDIVISION, 4TH ADDITION (OUTLOT `A') FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, the Ringgenberg Subdivision included a component of medium density development that was zoned Suburban Residential Floating Zone Medium Density (FS-RM) on July 12, 2005; and, WHEREAS, the design and layout of the approximate 16.14-acre site has been the subject of a number ofproposals for apartment development in response to neighborhood concerns regarding density, access,buffering, and the appearance of the buildings; and, WHEREAS,the current Master Plan was approved on November 26,2013,and development of the site consistent with the 2013 plan was recently completed; and, WHEREAS,development included 8 two-story apartment buildings totaling 96 two-bedroom units, 3 single-family detached homes along Suncrest, and a 50-unit senior living facility(Village Cooperative) at corner of Cedar Lane and Oakwood Drive; and, WHEREAS, each of the buildings was approved on an individual lot with frontage on a public street,but the access to each lot was provided via a shared cross-access easement through the center of the site, now named Bobcat Drive; and, WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Master Plan is focused on the 1.45 acres of Outlot A at the center of the site;the proposed project requests approval of an amended Master Plan to allow for the subsequent platting of Outlot A as a buildable lot, reallocation of open space, and a Major Site Development Plan for the construction of 13 three-bedroom single-family attached houses accessed from Bobcat Drive; and, WHEREAS, as part of the 2013 Master Plan, 1.8 acres of"greenspace"as outlots were part of the original project approval to meet the 10% open space requirement; however, Outlot A was also noted that it may be used for future development with an amendment to the Plan; and, WHEREAS,the two primary policy issues related to the Master Plan are the request to meet open space requirements with the off-site common open space of the Ringgenberg Subdivision to the south and to allow for development internal to a site along a proposed private street within the current FS-RM zoning that was not originally approved as a street; and, WHEREAS, the developer's proposal would leave a small open space area of Outlot B to meet the open space definition for the site and total fewer than 3%of the site as common open space; the remaining on-site open spaces are vegetated with no specific improvements or amenities that make them useable open spaces or beneficial amenities to the residents of the Bobcat Drive apartment area; and, WHEREAS, the developer proposes that with approved participation in the Ringgenberg Planned Residential Development Homeowner's Association to the south, the residents of the Bobcat site have access to additional open space that would exceed the FS zoning standard of 10%; and, WHEREAS,the developer asks that the 10%requirement be applied as a requirement to the original overall Ringgenberg area rather than as an individual Floating Suburban(FS)zoning district requirement; and, WHEREAS,the open space requirement is different between the current FS-RM zoning of the Bobcat Apartment area and the single-family home area to the south that is zoned F-PRD; the F-PRD area must achieve a 40% open space area requirement; and, WHEREAS, for the outlot to be developable, it must meet the City's street frontage requirements, typically 35 feet, as well as other access and dimensional requirements; and, WHEREAS,at the time of platting of Outlot A,it was made an outlot because it did not meet lot standards as a buildable lot and needed to qualify as common open space; and, WHEREAS, Outlot A was platted with 20 feet of frontage along Oakwood Road and the same shared access easement over its south property line as the other properties in the Bobcat development; and, WHEREAS,in this case,the developer does not have 35 feet of frontage along a public street and proposes that Bobcat Drive become a recognized private street for the purpose of meeting lot frontage requirements; and, WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Master Plan amendment proposal and has recommended approval of the proposal, with a condition that the structures not exceed two stories. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Amendment to the Master Plan for Ringgenberg Park Subdivision(2617 Bobcat Drive)for 13 single-family attached homes with the recommended condition of a two-story height limitation is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 1 Ph day of October, 2016. c��"'R /" t//- 67,A006tO*V� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Nelson Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 1 lth day of October, 2016.