SUBJECT: General Business
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PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving the Bridgewater P.U.D. Overlay Map, Amendment No. 5
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development
PRESENTER: Chris LaRue, Senior Planner
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Ordinance.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Updated Information:
The Board of Trustees previously heard this request on September 22, 2020. During the meeting the applicant opted to withdraw the project rather than possibly recieiving a denial. Subsequent to the application withdrawl, the applicant has requested the Town to reconsider the application along with updated information pertianing to concerns expressed by the Board of Trustees. Some of the key updated information includes the following:
• The applicant requests the overall building length for the apartments be 160 feet, instead of the 156 feet as required by the UDC. Previously, the applicant requested the builidngs be up to a maximum of 240 feet long.
• The applicant now requests the maximum number of apartment units be 335, with a limit of 36 units per builidng. Previously, the applicant requested a maximum of 350 units, with a limit of 44 units per builidng.
• The architecture requirements for the apartments have been simplified. Architecture requirements exceed those required by the UDC.
• For the apartments, setbacks along WCR 5 would be at least 55 feet to the curb edge. This includes a 5 foot tree lawn, 30 foot landscape buffer, and minimum 20 foot builidng setback from the buffer.
• For the apartments, setbacks along Colliers Parkway would be at least 35 feet to the curb edge. This includes a 5 feet tree lawn and a minimum 20 feet building setback.
• The apartment designs comply with the 35 feet maximum height requirement.
• Though Colliers Hill is permitted a total of 2,880 units, the community as a whole is actually on track to provide a total of only 2,597 units. This amounts to an approximately 10% reduction of the total housing units throughout all of Colliers Hill. With the proposed amendment, the reduction in unit types reflects the overall reduction noted community-wide.
• The Colliers Hill PUD has always allowed density transfers between Villages as long as the total number of units allowed within the development as a whole is not exceeded. This was written to allow greater flexibility in design over time. In addition, this allowed the PUD to adapt to changing market trends over time.
• Though the UDC requires housing diversity of different housing types, it does not mandate numbers or percentages of units within the types. The Colliers Hill annexation agreement between the Town and the applicant, requires 400 townhouses and multi-family units be provided community wide. Multi-family is defined within the Second Amendment to the agreement as apartments, condos, live/work units, duplexes, tri-plexes, quad-plexes, patio homes, and manor homes. If this PUD amendment is approved, there would be 608 townhome and multi-family units (98 duplexes, 335 apartments, & 175 townhomes), which exceeds the amount mandated in the annexation agreement.
Previous Information
All of Colliers Hill is bounded by Erie Parkway on the south, WCR 5 on the east, and the RTD right-of-way on the north and west. The part of the property where the applicant proposes the main amendments is Tract 11 of the Bridgewater Master Subdivision and Tract E of Colliers Hill Filing No. 4C, and is located on the soutwest corner of WCR 5 and WCR 10. It is alslo located northwest of Erie Parkway and WCR 5. All of Colliers Hill is approximately 965.83 acres in size, while the main portion of the amendment is 64.49 acres. The area is currently zoned LR - Low Density Residential and ER - Estate Residential with PUD Overlay.
The properties that make up the Bridgewater (Colliers Hill) area were annexed with the PUD overlay into the Town in 2007. The original Master Plat was approved in 2011. Multiple Final Plats have received approval since 2011. The Board of Trustees approved the first amendment to the PUD in 2011. That amendment divided the planning areas into different Villages, established park and school areas, designated housing types, and added street design criteria and clarified dimensional standards. The Board approved the second PUD amendment in 2013. That amendment added architectural standards for single-family detached dwelling units. The Board approved the third amendment in 2015, to shift the location of the school site, and readjust the villages accordingly. The Board approved the fourth amendment in 2019, creating a new village, adjusting the dimensional standards, and creating architectural standards to facilitate a duplex development.
This PUD amendment proposes to modify land use areas (Villages), land use types allowed in the areas, and the quantity of dwelling units in the areas as follows:
1. Village 4 and Village 13: The planning areas of both Villages would be increased by a total of 25 acres. Both Villages would maintain their use classification of SFD - Single Family Detached. However, the smaller Patio Home label with lots of 3,500-5,000 square feet in the current PUD Village 13 would be removed and the proposed Village 13 designated for single-family detached size lots of 5,000-6,000 square feet.
2. Village 14 and Village 15: The Village 14 and Village 15 planning areas are currently 42 acres in size; the proposed amendment reduces the planning area by 28 acres to 15 acres. Village 14 is currently 33 acres designated as townhome or duplex dwelling units; and, Village 15 is currently 9 acres designated as apartments. The proposed Village 14 in PUD Amendment 5 is 15 acres designated for duplex, townhomes, or apartments.
3. Village 16: Village 16 will become Village 15 in PUD Amendment 5. The 13-acre size of Village 15 is not changing however, the number of apartment units allowed has increased from 225 dwelling units to 335 dwelling units.
Also, the proposed PUD Amendment would create architectural and dimensional standards for a multi-family development (apartments). Lastly the amendment would update all of the Bridgewater PUD boundaries to accurately reflect all plat revisions.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. UPDATED BOT Ordinance
2. UPDATED Staff Report
3. Existing Bridgewater (Colliers Hill) PUD Overlay
4. Previous PUD document
5. UPDATED Proposed PUD document
6. Application and Narrative
7. UPDATED PUD explanation
8. Other Applicant Materials
9. Referral Comments
10. Neighborhood Meeting Summary
11. UPDATED Notifications
12. UPDATED Staff Presentation
13. UPDATED Applicant Presentation
14. PC Resolution
15. UPDATED Letter from applicant’s attorney