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CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 2017-012
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT NAMED
GRAYSON MEADOWS ADDITION
WHEREAS, D.R. Horton, Inc. – Minnesota has applied for a final plat to develop a single-
family residential subdivision named Grayson Meadows Addition. This subdivision plat consists
of 45 lots for single-family homes. The subdivision is located on property legally described as:
That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 27
North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, lying West of the East 20.00
acres thereof.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held the public hearing for the rezoning, preliminary
plat, and Planned Development Overlay (PDO) District for the proposed Grayson Meadows
Addition subdivision on November 28, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the rezoning,
preliminary plat, and Planned Development Overlay (PDO) applications on November 28, 2016,
subject to certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council subsequently accepted the Planning Commission's recom-
mendations and approved the preliminary plat (Resolution No. 2016-199) on December 21, 2016;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 974 on December 21, 2016, which
rezoned the 20-acre parcel of land from AG-1, Agricultural Preservation, to R-3, Single Family Resi-
dential District, with a Planned Development Overlay (PDO) District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cottage Grove,
Washington County, Minnesota, hereby approves the final plat application filed by D.R. Horton,
Inc. – Minnesota for a residential subdivision plat named Grayson Meadows Addition. This final
plat consists of 45 lots for single-family homes located on property legally described above.
Approval of this final plat is subject to the following conditions:
1. The Developer and builders must comply with all City ordinances and policies.
2. The Developer must abide by the conditions stipulated in Resolution No. 2016-199,
which approved the Grayson Meadows Addition preliminary plat, except as hereafter
modified.
3. Condition No. 73 in Resolution No. 2016-199 shall be amended to read as follows:
The development standards for the Grayson Meadows Planned Development Over-
lay (PDO) of the R-3, Single Family Residential District, are as follows:
The minimum front yard setback for the living area of a dwelling must not be less
than 25 feet and the minimum front yard setback of the attached garage must
not be less than 30 feet. A minimum 7.5-foot side yard setback is acceptable.
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The minimum finished floor area for a single-family rambler is 1,500 square feet
and 2,000 square feet for all other single-family designs.
The minimum attached garage area shall be 440 square feet.
Architectural design is required on all four sides of the principal structure.
A minimum of 20 percent of the front façade is covered by brick or stone. The
front façade area does not include windows, door areas, or garage doors.
The minimum roof pitch for the main roof slope is a 6/12 pitch.
Low or no maintenance trim on windows/doors shall be required upon front
elevations. On those lots abutting Ravine Parkway South, such trim shall also
be required on windows/doors on the side or rear elevations which abut Ravine
Parkway South.
4. All utility, drainage, and development plans must conform to the plans approved by
the City Engineer. The Developer may start rough grading of the lots before the plat is
filed, if a MPCA Construction Storm Water Permit has been issued and the City has
been furnished with a cash escrow or letter of credit in the minimum amount specified
in the approved development agreement.
5. Development of this project must comply with the grading and erosion control plans
as approved by the City Engineer.
6. The Developer must construct or install and pay for the following:
a) Paved streets
b) Concrete curb and gutter
c) Street lights
d) Water system (trunk and lateral) and water house service stubs
e) Sanitary sewer system (trunk and lateral) and sanitary house service stubs
f) Storm sewer system
g) Street and traffic control signs
h) Shaping and sodding drainage ways and berms in accordance with the
drainage development plan approved by the City Engineer
i) Adjust and repair new and existing utilities
j) Sidewalks and trails
k) Erosion control, site grading and ponding
These Improvements must be in conformance with City approved plans and specifi-
cations and will be installed at the sole expense of the Developer in conformance with
Title 10, Chapter 5 of the City Code.
The form of the financial security is subject to the reasonable approval of the City.
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7. The City will supply the street light poles and luminaries. The Developer will pay the
City for street light poles and street light luminaries.
8. The City agrees to review and consider the final wear course paving along certain
roadway segments in advance of other roadways depending on the location of the
roadway segment. The wear course/final lift of all streets in the subdivision must be
completed within three years from the date all other Public Improvements are accepted
by the City or when 90 percent of the houses have received a certificate of occupancy,
whichever is sooner.
9. After the site is rough graded, but before any utility construction commences or build-
ing permits are issued, the erosion control plan shall be implemented by the Developer
and inspected and approved by the City. The City may impose additional erosion
control requirements if it is determined that the methods implemented are insufficient
to properly control erosion.
10. The final plat and declaration of private covenants must be recorded with the Wash-
ington County Recorder’s Office before any building permit can be issued.
11. Before final financial guarantees are released, a certificate signed by a registered
engineer must be provided. This certificate will state that all final lot and building grades
are in conformance to drainage development plan(s) approved by the City Engineer.
12. All monument signs must comply with the City’s Sign Ordinance and must be placed
on private property.
13. The drainage and utility easement shall be adjusted to encompass the Emergency
Overflow drainage route on the lot line of Lot 14 & Lot 15, Block 1.
Passed this 15th day of February 2017.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Joe Fischbach, City Clerk