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Request for Preliminary Plan Approval for Northbrooke Meadows Site Condominiums, a 58-unit site condominium development on 21.36 acres, located west of Crooks Road and south of Auburn Road, identified as Parcel Nos. 15-33-128-003 & 004, zoned R-4 (One Family Residential); Aspen Group/Auburn LLC, Applicant
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Resolved that the Rochester Hills City Council approves the Preliminary Plan for Northbrooke Meadows, City File No. 02-006, a 58-unit site condominium development located on 21.36 acres, identified as Parcel Nos. 15-33-128-003 & 004 and zoned R-4, One Family Residential, based on plans dated received by the Planning Department on February 6, 2003, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions.
Findings:
1. Upon compliance with the following conditions, the preliminary plan meets all applicable requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and the One-Family Residential Detached Condominiums Ordinance.
2. Adequate utilities are currently available to properly service the proposed development.
3. The preliminary plan represents a reasonable and acceptable plan for developing the property.
4. The preliminary plan represents a reasonable street layout, as well as a reasonable lot layout and orientation. In addition, all lots have access to the interior local street.
5. The Environmental Impact Statement shows that this development will have no substantially harmful effects on the environment.
Conditions:
1. That all remaining engineering issues be addressed and approved by the City's
Engineering Services Department prior to approval of Construction Plans.
2. That all proposed street names be reviewed an approved by the City's Communications Division prior to submittal for final approval.
3. Submittal and approval of documentation of a permanent off-site landscape easement for plantings along the eastern property line prior to issuance of a land improvement permit.
4. That the northernmost Greenspire Linden on Auburn Road be removed or relocated subject to review and approval of the City's Landscape Architect prior to submittal for final approval.
5. Submission of a landscaping performance and maintenance guarantee for a period of two growing seasons in the amount of $8,600 as adjusted if necessary by the City, prior to issuance of a Land Improvement Permit.
6. That the applicant receive a soil erosion permit prior to issuance of a Land Improvement Permit.
7. That the two parcels composing the subject site be combined in perpetuity prior to approval of construction plans.
8. That the applicant not install and remove from the plan the permanent subdivision sign and lighting for any signs.
9. That the construction plans contain the expansion and right-of-way for Samuel Road with the final determination being investigated and resolved prior to final condominium plan approval.
10. That the applicant construct a landscaped island in the cul-de-sac of Cicada, as approved by Staff.
11. That the applicant show on the plan and construct sidewalks on the improved portion of Mildred to Alsdorf.