Complete April packet - City of North Liberty
Complete April packet - City of North Liberty
Complete April packet - City of North Liberty
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March 29, 2010<br />
Memo<br />
To: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Liberty</strong> Planning Commission<br />
From: Dean Wheatley, Planning Director<br />
Subject: Request <strong>of</strong> Midwest Development Corporation to approve a rezoning <strong>of</strong> property located<br />
generally south <strong>of</strong> St. Andrews Drive and west <strong>of</strong> Jones Boulevard (formerly approved as “Glynmoor”<br />
addition).<br />
(Lengthy legal description, to be subdivided as Harvest Estates II)<br />
Your <strong>North</strong> <strong>Liberty</strong> city staff has reviewed the subject submission, and <strong>of</strong>fer comments presented in this<br />
memo. The staff review team includes the following personnel:<br />
Ryan Heiar, <strong>City</strong> Administrator<br />
Tracey Mulcahey, Assistant <strong>City</strong> Administrator<br />
Tom Palmer, <strong>City</strong> Building Official<br />
Scott Peterson, <strong>City</strong> Attorney<br />
Kevin Trom, <strong>City</strong> Engineer<br />
Dean Wheatley, Planning Director<br />
Background and Statistics<br />
This request is to rezone an area currently zoned RS-3 and RS-4 to a different layout <strong>of</strong> zones:<br />
RS-4, single family: about 50.07 acres, 67.3%.<br />
RS-6, single family: about 6.85 acres, 9.2%.<br />
RS-7, single family: about 6.92 acres, 9.3%.<br />
RD-10, duplex: about 10.58 acres, 14.2%.<br />
A “Good Neighbor” meeting was held to allow any<br />
RS‐4<br />
interested party an opportunity to comment on this<br />
RS‐6<br />
rezoning prior to submission, and many people attended<br />
RS‐7<br />
to voice concerns. After the Good Neighbor meeting, in<br />
RD‐10<br />
response to storm water run<strong>of</strong>f concerns heard at that<br />
time, residents in the area were invited to a special<br />
meeting led by <strong>City</strong> Engineer Kevin Trom, who explained<br />
the nature and details <strong>of</strong> storm water management in the area. Also contributing was Doug Frederick,<br />
engineer for the developer. That special meeting, attended by about 12-15 people, has been broadcast on<br />
NLTV and is available for viewing at the city’s Website. Good neighbor emails and written comments<br />
received are attached to this report.<br />
The owner is not requesting approval <strong>of</strong> a subdivision plat at this time, but has submitted plans showing