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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA004 - Resolution No. 13-135 adopted March 26, 2013 9 RESOLUTION NO. 13-135 RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISION TO PRELIMINARY PLAT/MAJOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SOMERSET SUBDIVISION, 25TH ADDITION FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS, from the time the Somerset development was first approved,it included an 11- acre area planned for a future public school, and the Ames School Board recently determined that a school will not be built there and sold the property to Heartland Development, LC; and, WHEREAS, in order to develop the property for residential use,Heartland Development is seeking approval of an amendment to the Preliminary Plat/Major Site Development Plan for the Somerset Subdivision; and, WHEREAS,the development will consist of 73 dwelling units,which will include Country Houses, Side Yard Houses, and Village Apartments of types that have been previously constructed in Somerset; and, WHEREAS,staff has concluded that the proposed Preliminary Plat/Major Site Development Plan complies with all relevant and applicable design and improvement standards of the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations,to other City ordinances and standards,and the City's Land Use Policy Plan (LUPP); and, WHEREAS, at its meeting of March 6, 2013, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the revision to the Plat/Plan for the Somerset Subdivision, 25`h Addition, with stipulations that: a variance is approved for the proposed public street with a length in excess of that allowed by the Village Residential Supplemental Development Standards; and, the existing approved Preliminary Plat/Major Site Development Plan for the Somerset Village is revised to incorporate the proposed Plan amendments before a Final Plat is approved for the 25`h Addition; and, WHEREAS, since the Commission's approval was conditioned upon granting a variance to the block length standards,the Zoning Board of Adjustment met on March 13, 2013, and approved that variance to allow a block face length of 1,000 feet for the 251h Addition. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the revision to the Preliminary Plat/Maj or Site Development Plan for the Somerset Subdivision, 25`h Addition, is hereby approved, subject to the stipulation that the existing approved Preliminary Plat/Major Site Development Plan for the Somerset Village is revised to incorporate the proposed Plan amendments before a Final Plat is approved for the 251h Addition. ADOPTED THIS 26`h day of March, 2013. y-d& Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor r Introduced by: Orazem Seconded by: Davis Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha Voting nay: None Absent: Larson Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26'day of March, 2013.