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#3 Approve final plat of Willow Glade (File Res. #2009-588)Community Development Department Memorandum May 1, 2009 TO: Janesville City Council FROM: Duane Cherek, Planning Services Manager SUBJECT: Action on a proposed resolution approving the final plat of Willow Glade (File Resolution No. 2009-588). RECOMMENDATION & SUGGESTED MOTION The Plan Commission and Community Development Department recommend that the City Council support a motion to approve Resolution No. 2009-588 subject to the following conditions: 1. Assessments will be levied for the installation of sidewalk ($12,983.54), storm sewer ($21,599.25), and street light ($5,077.50) improvements. 2. A municipal utility easement must be granted across the adjoining property to the east to serve the plat area with sanitary sewer. A storm sewer and drainage easement must also be granted to the City to convey stormwater runoff across the property to the east. 3. The developer should contact, respectively, the Engineering Department and City Clerk’s Office for information regarding the scheduling of public works improvements and for information on any outstanding taxes, special assessments, or other fees which must be satisfied. REQUEST Jack Willow Investments requests approval of a final plat for Willow Glade subdividing approximately 2.5 acres of land into single-family lots on the City’s north side. The plat is located along Castlemoor Drive north of Stonemoor Drive. The property is currently zoned R1-Single and Two-Family Residence. ANALYSIS A. The applicant proposes to subdivide approximately 2.5 acres of land on the City’s north side into six single-family lots. In the future, Outlot-1 will be further subdivided into single-family residential lots when Castlemoor Drive is extended north and the adjoining land owner proposes to subdivide that property. At that time, transfers of land between the owners will be necessary to create uniform-shaped lots. B. The property is zoned R1 Single and Two-Family Residence. The R1 zone district is consistent with the applicant’s desire to create single-family home lots in this area. Additionally, the final plat complies with the requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance except as otherwise noted in the recommendation section of the report. C. In order to accommodate stormwater run-off created by this development, conveyance of a storm water and drainage easement on adjoining property to the east must be granted. Construction of storm water improvements will be installed by the City within this future greenbelt area. Additionally, a sanitary sewer easement across the adjoining property to the east will be required to serve the plat area with sanitary sewer service. D. In accordance with the City’s sidewalk Ordinance, sidewalks are to be constructed along the Castlemoor Drive frontage of Lots 1-4 and Outlot-1 and along the Willow Run frontage of Lot 5. A note to this affect has been added to the final plat. E. No parkland will be dedicated with this plat since those requirements have been previously satisfied through significant greenbelt dedications in earlier phases of platting activity in this area. However, all future residential development that occurs on the balance of the applicant’s undeveloped landholding will be subject to parkland dedication requirements or payment of monies in lieu of dedication specified under the Subdivision Ordinance. F. Utility, street light, and storm sewer easements, as requested by the Engineering Department and utility companies serving the area, must be included on the final plat. G. The City’s recently adopted Comprehensive Plan identifies this property as appropriate for planned neighborhood development, and is therefore consistent with the applicant’s desire to create five single-family home sites. H. The developer should contact the Engineering Department regarding the scheduling of public works improvements and the City Clerk’s Office regarding any outstanding taxes, assessments, or other fees which must be paid. PLAN COMMISSION ACTION – MARCH 16, 2009 The Plan Commission unanimously agreed to forward the final plat of Willow Glade to the City Council with a favorable recommendation subject to the conditions listed in Section I. cc: Brad Cantrell RESOLUTION NO. 2009-588 A resolution approving the final plat of Willow Glade. WHEREAS , a plat of "Willow Glade", a subdivision lying in the SE.1/4 of the th SE.1/4 and the NE.1/4 of the SE.1/4 of Section *, T.3N., R.13E. of the 4 P.M., City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, was duly approved by the City Plan Commission on the 16 day of March, 2009, and is incorporated herein by reference; WHEREBY , this certain tract of land is platted into blocks, lots, outlot and streets; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL of the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, that said plat of Willow Glade be and is hereby accepted and approved for the purposes thereon shown. ADOPTED: Motion by: Second by: APPROVED: Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent Brunner McDonald Eric J. Levitt, City Manager Perrotto Rashkin ATTEST: Steeber Truman Voskuil Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Proposed by: Applicant Prepared by: Community Development Department