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File #: CPC PUD 20-00054-A1MN21    Version: Name: Cottages at Woodmen Heights
Type: Planning Case Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 2/28/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/26/2022 Final action: 4/26/2022
Title: The Cottages at Woodmen Heights Development Plan for 38.5 acres containing a mix of commercial and multi-family land uses generally located south of Woodmen Road and east of the Adventure Way and Nevada Lane intersection. (Quasi-Judicial) Presenter: Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning & Community Development Peter Wysocki, Planning & Community Development Director
Attachments: 1. Development Plan, 2. 7.5.502.E Development Plan Review, 3. 7.3.606 PUD Development Plan
Related files: CPC PUZ 21-00175

Title
The Cottages at Woodmen Heights Development Plan for 38.5 acres containing a mix of commercial and multi-family land uses generally located south of Woodmen Road and east of the Adventure Way and Nevada Lane intersection.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Presenter:
Katelynn Wintz, Planning Supervisor, Planning & Community Development
Peter Wysocki, Planning & Community Development Director

Body
Summary:
Owner: Better Land, LLC
Developer: Gk Development
Representative: N.E.S., Inc
Location: Generally located south of Woodmen Road and east of the Adventure Way and Nevada Lane intersection

1. Project Description: The project includes concurrent applications for a major amendment to a PUD Development Plan and a PUD zone change for 38.5 acres of land southwest of the intersection of E. Woodmen Rd. and N. Marksheffel Rd. The project, The Cottages at Woodmen Heights, is zoned PUD/SS/AO (Planned Unit Development with Streamside and Airport Overlays) (Ordinance 20-58). The major development plan amendment proposes a change to the residential use designation which would allow for single-family detached residential development on the eastern portion of the parcel which is currently designated for single-family attached residential development. The proposed changes would result in a reduced density of 8.8 dwelling units per acre, previously 9.14 dwelling units per acre, which remains within the range specified by the approved Woodmen Heights Master Plan. The concurrent zone change request reflects the modifications outlined above and is necessary when changes are proposed to PUD land uses.
2. Applicant's Project Statement: (see "Project Statement" attachment)
3. Planning and Development Team's Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the applications.
Background:
1. Site Address: The property is not addressed, as it has yet to be platted. The site is located southwest of the intersection of E. Woodmen Rd. and N. Marksheffel Rd.
2. Existing Zoning/Land Use: The prope...

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