HomeMy WebLinkAboutA025 - Resolution No. 09-227 adopted May 26, 2009 RESOLUTION NO. 09-227
RESOLUTION APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR
GRAND ASPEN SUBDIVISION,3RD ADDITION,
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,the developer and property owner has submitted a proposal to replat Outlot A of Grand Aspen
Subdivision, 2nd Addition, located at 917 South 16`h Street into two lots,Lot 1 and Outlot B; and,
WHEREAS, the revision would result in one three-acre lot, which would directly abut the Ames Christian
School site to the west,and the balance would be designated as Outlot B;and,
WHEREAS,based upon an analysis ofthe proposed development,laws pertinent to the proposed development,
and conditions and improvements abutting and serving the plat, staff has made the following findings: 1) the land
included within the proposed subdivision is designated on the Land Use Policy Plan Map and on the Zoning Map as
"Residential High Density";2)the applicant is proposing a re-division of existing Outlot A,Grand Aspen Subdivision,
2°d Addition,that will divide said outlot into two lots with one of the lots proposed to be designated as an outlot with
an identified use of farming;3)all lots within the proposed subdivision have the minimum amount of required frontage,
and the minimum frontage requirement for the lots zoned as"RH"is 35 feet at the street line and 50 feet at the building
line;4)the lot is designed to provide adequate buildable area within the minimum required building setbacks;5)Lot
I will be served by public utility mains in the South 16d'Street right-of-way; 6) The Public Works Department has
indicated that this site is adequately served by utilities and infrastructure,and that the proposal will result in no adverse
traffic impacts once the street improvements described in the developer's agreement have been installed; 7) the
proposed subdivision is designed to include street tree plantings which are in compliance with the standards for
residential subdivisions;8)the FEMA FIRM map designates roughly two-thirds of the site as being in Zone AE(a/k/a
the"100 year floodplain"),and floodplain notations are included in the plat;and,9)City staff is requesting the Council
to grant a waiver of the requirement that the subdivider pay the cost of installing street lights since the City has a past
practice of not consistently requiring subdividers to pay these costs; and,
WHEREAS,the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends that the Council approve the Preliminary Plat,
subject to: civil drawings of all public improvements shall be submitted to the Public Works Department for review
and approval prior to installation and prior to final plat approval;the final plat shall label the identified bike path along
South 16d`Street as a"shared use path";a notation to label the boundary of the"floodway"shall be added to the final
plat;the statement on the Preliminary Plat that"Outlot B's uses will be in conformance with the RH zoning"shall not
be shown on the final plat; and, a perpetual negative easement shall be shown on the face of the final plat of the
subdivision,with respect to the south line of the site such that there shall be no access to South 16`h Street from the site,
except for one 30-foot intersecting driveway located directly across from and aligned with Fountain View Drive,to
serve as access to Lot 1,and also that there shall be no access along the easterly and westerly sides of Grand Avenue,
except for a driveway 30-feet wide from the easterly and westerly sides 419.99 feet north of the south line of the site.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council ofthe City of Ames,Iowa,that the Preliminary
Plat for Grand Aspen Subdivision,Yd Addition, is hereby approved, subject to the aforementioned stipulations.
ADOPTED THIS 26d'day of May,2009.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H.Campbell,Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Mahayni
Voting aye: Doll,Goodman,Larson,Mahayni,Popken,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 266'day of May,2009.