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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Approving the Preliminary Plat for 321 State Avenue (Baker Subdivision) RESOLUTION NO. 20-215 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR 321 STATE AVENUE (BAKER SUBDIVISION) FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,the City of Ames is the property owner of a 10386-acre site located at 321 State Avenue; and, WHEREAS, the property is located on the west side of State Avenue and east of Wilmoth Avenue; and, WHEREAS,the property is currently zoned Residential Low Density(RL)and the proposed subdivision will support affordable housing goals of the City as a mixed-income development with a minimum of 51% of the homes affordable to low-and moderate-income households; and, WHEREAS, the proposed Preliminary Plat consists of 27 buildable lots 26 single-family home lots and one lot for future development; and, WHEREAS, there are also three Outlots for purposes of open space, stormwater management, and a future bike trail; and, WHEREAS, the layout includes the construction of one new public street named Latimer Lane and the proposed Plat follows the design chosen by the City Council as the preferred concept; and, WHEREAS,the 26 single-family home lots will be accessed from Wilmoth Avenue,Latimer Lane, and Tripp Street, and access to State Avenue from abutting homes along Latimer Lane is restricted and no access from the alley along the north property line is planned; and, WHEREAS,the proposed street design meets City subdivision standards in regard to lot size and orientation,and staff had included a landscaping easement along the State Avenue rear lot lines in order to support a small buffer in this area; and, WHEREAS, due to the oversized right-of-way of State Avenue, the proposed lots are approximately 50-feet from the street; and, WHEREAS, the single-family lots are generally consistent in size throughout the development, and the lots range in size between .13 and .33 acres; and, WHEREAS,all lots meet the minimum size requirements and frontage requirements for the RL zoning district and the proposed lot width exceeds the minimum standard of 35 feet at street line and 50 feet at the building line;the lot widths will allow for options to configure sites with modest sized homes and one-or two-car-wide driveways and parking options; and, WHEREAS,Lot 27 south of Tripp Street is planned for future multi-family development and the zoning designation of this Lot will be changed in the future to accommodate multi-family uses that are not currently permitted in RL zoning; and, WHEREAS,there are three Outlots in the proposed subdivision,which total 1.78 acres and the Outlots will function as open space, storm water detention, and a small city park; and, WHEREAS, Outlot Y is centrally located and will be used as open space toward a new .5- acre park to be owned and maintained by the City, and Outlot Z is located to the southeast along State Avenue and is devoted to stormwater detention and treatment; and, WHEREAS, if feasible, the pond design may in the future also support an initiative of creating fish ponds through a program of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR); and, WHEREAS,the far southeast boundary of the site is also subject to the 100-year flood plain and the flood plain will all be contained on Outlot Z;no individual lots will be within the 100-year flood plain; and, WHEREAS, Outlot X along the portion of the north property line from Manning Avenue to State Avenue will contain the future bike trail as part of the Shared Use Path Trail Connection south of Lincoln Way, and the construction of the bike path will be coordinated with the development of the site consistent with the infrastructure requirements of the Subdivision Code; and, WHEREAS,the remaining portion of the trail between South Wilmoth Avenue and Manning Avenue will be located in a combined paved trail/alley design; and, WHEREAS, a new concept being introduced by Electric Services for this subdivision is a distributed geothermal heating and cooling system; and, WHEREAS, the geothermal system will include loops and a pump house within Outlot Y and provide the heating and cooling for each home in the subdivision and potential for multi-family housing in the future; and, WHEREAS, the geothermal system will be installed, owned, and maintained by Ames Electric and the homes constructed within the subdivision would be required to utilize the geothermal heating and cooling; and, WHEREAS,the proposed subdivision includes a public notice requirement for all property owners within 200 feet of the site prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission review, and although no notice was required prior to City Council review, staff provided a courtesy notice by mail to single-family property owners from Village Drive to Highland Avenue south of Lincoln Way; email notification was also provided to interested parties; and, WHEREAS, at the April 15, 2020, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the staff reviewed the layout and discussed some of the design features that were still under review and the Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the Preliminary Plat for Baker's Subdivision to City Council, reflective of the subdivision layout with the outlot for the bike path. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Preliminary Plat for 321 State Avenue (Baker Subdivision) is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 28`h day of April, 2020. �a Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor Introduced by: Martin Seconded by: Beatty-Hansen Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Martin Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28th day of April, 2020.