TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: James V. Capparelli, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Ordinance Approving a Preliminary Planned Unit Development of Timber Pointe Unit 2 Subdivision (PUD-4-23)
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BACKGROUND:
The petitioner and developer, Tallgrass Estates, LLC, is requesting approval of a preliminary planned unit development of Timber Pointe Unit 2 Subdivision. This PUD consists of two additional 16-unit townhouse buildings (32 units) within the existing Timber Pointe Subdivision, which is located at the southeast corner of McDonough Street and SE Frontage Road.
The original planned unit development for Timber Pointe Subdivision was approved by City Council in September 2019, and the recording plat was approved in March 2021. The PUD consisted of six 16-unit and two 12-unit rental townhouse buildings (120 total units) with a density of 5.91 units per acre. The PUD also included a clubhouse and common area, a private street, and a storm water management pond. In September 2022, City Council approved the Resubdivision of Lot 2 Timber Pointe PUD (Ordinance #18407), which created separate lots for each of the original 8 buildings and a lot containing the private road and common area (Lot 9). The development is currently under construction, with three 16-unit buildings completed and occupied and two 12-unit buildings near completion. The existing zoning is R-4 (multi-family residential).
Timber Pointe Unit 2 proposes two new buildings and additional storm detention to be built on Lot 3 of the original PUD. The developer and the Park District initially had a tentative agreement to dedicate Lot 3 as a dog park, but ultimately the Park District did not want a land contribution, so the final agreement was for the developer to pay a cash contribution in lieu of land dedication. Therefore, at the time of recording plat approval, Lot 3 was left undeveloped for possible future development.
The density for the entire 19.33-acre subdivision would be 7.86 units per acre w...
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