Open Space Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2011 08 11

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Preliminary PUD and Plat July 7, 2011 th 96 and Dillon th project will preserve the rural character of the Dillon Road and 96 Street intersection by dedicating an outlot for open space purposes. This outlot will allow the natural character of the land to carry forward as it does at all other corners of the intersection and provide a larger setback for the nearby buildings and parking areas. 6. Open space within the project shall be located in such a manner as to facilitate pedestrian use and to create an area that is usable and accessible to residents of surrounding developments. Open space is provided along the eastern and southern perimeters of the site. This open space coincides with the regional and local multi-use paths anticipated by the City and established during the Zoning approval process. 7. Street design should minimize through traffic passing residential units. Suggested standards with respect to paving widths, housing setbacks and landscaping are set forth in public works standards of the city and applicable development design standards and guidelines. The system of streets, including parking lots, shall aid the order and aesthetic quality of the development. There is no residential development on the project. The street system provides for internal circulation and easements will allow for flow of traffic across the entire development to the adjacent major roadways. Design of sites will allow for the th interconnection of traffic between 96 and Dillon road, however will be designed to discourage general pass through traffic. 8. There shall exist an internal pedestrian circulation system separate from the vehicular system such that allows access to adjacent parcels as well as to parks, open space or recreation facilities within the development. Pedestrian links to trail systems of the city shall be provided. The perimeter trail is provided with this project and will place a multi-use path on the east, south and west sides of the overall parcel. Connections to this perimeter system from the walkways provided with the streets are provided as well. Individual sites will be encouraged to design plans to foster the continued desire to interconnect pedestrian amenities through the development. 9. The project and development should attempt to incorporate features which reduce the demand for water usage. The individual site plans will need to address the water saving features. The PUD landscape includes plantings along drainage channel edges to utilize the intermittent flows of runoff. Water efficient sprinkler systems for the general landscape will be included. 10. Landscape plans shall attempt to reduce heating and cooling demands of buildings through the selection and placement of landscape materials, paving, vegetation, earth forms, walls, fences, or other materials. The individual site plans will need to address most of the requirements of this section. The overall development plan landscape is required to meet the requirements of the City code, however within meeting those requirements, the landscape materials are placed to provide shade canopy on lower ground coverings and those coverings selected to reduce water demands. 11. Proposed developments shall be buffered from collector and arterial streets. Such buffering may be accomplished by earthen berms, landscaping, leafing patterns, and other materials. Entrance islands defining traffic patterns along with landscaping shall be incorporated into entrances to developments. The Zoning approval provided for a basic sixty foot setback to thth buildings from 96 Street. The proposed open space outlot at the intersection of 96 and Dillon will further extend that setback at that location. The PUD landscape plan allows for a variety of trees along the frontage. The main access entrance to the development includes Page 9 of 10