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MEMORANDUM
TO: "Questions"
FROM: Tom Peterson, Planning Director
DATE: June 11, 1993
RE: Castle Ridge at Miramont P.U.D.
Council member Apt has asked if the density proposed for Castle
Ridge at Miramont P.U.D. is in violation of the U.G.A guidelines.
The neighborhood meeting notice for Miramont P.U.D. advertised the
proposal for two additional residential filings. Castle Ridge at
Miramont (20 single family lots on 14 acres) represents the third
filing. The Hamlet at Miramont (43 patio homes on 12 acres)
represents the fourth filing. Castle Ridge does not meet the
minimum of three units per acre, The Hamlet does.
By way of background., the Miramont P.U.D. is part of the 270 acre
Oak -Cottonwood Farm Overall Development Plan. This O.D.P. contains
a mix of commercial uses including Harmony Market (Pace, Builders
Square, Steele's) and a mix of housing types (multi -family, patio
homes, single family). The O.D.P. also contains a proposed
neighborhood park.
Castle Ridge at Miramont is designated on the approved O.D.P. as
Parcel H and labeled "Low Density Residential" The size is
indicated as 14 acres. This parcel is directly across the street
(Mail. Creek Lane) from the existing single family homes in Fossil
Creek Meadows, a county subdivision. Werner School borders the
site to the south.
The site is characterized by a slope that is at elevation 4980 at
the top (northeast) and :4950 at the bottom (southwest) at the
southerly property line shared with Werner School. There is also
a mature stand of trees in the northwest corner, containing about
one-third of an acre, which will be preserved and not contained
within the platted lots. Mail Creek Ditch defines the northern
boundary of the parcel.
The applicant has requested a variance from the P.U.D. requirement
that on a gross acreage basis, the average residential density in
the project be at least three dwelling units per acre The P & Z
Board will consider the request at their regular meeting of July
26, 1993.
Briefly stated, the applicant's variance request cites the
topography, natural features, and sensitivity to existing large
county lots as considerations for a variance. In addition, the
total residential portion of Oak -Cottonwood Farm remains both a mix
of housing types with a potential gross residential density ranging
from 4.2 to 4.6 d.u./acre.