Adopt Resolution #25-106: Amended Site Plan Review for Rivenwick Village 4th Addition (LGI Homes - Minnesota, LLC)

Rivenwick Village 4th Addition is a 27-unit townhome development that was approved in 2022.  It is located in a triangle bounded by Riverdale Drive, 139th Lane, and Jasper Street NW.  The site was graded and the streets and utilities were installed in the summer of 2023.  Since then, no units have been constructed.  The townhomes that were approved are a row-style multi-level split.  The applicant, LGI Homes, has been receiving feedback from their other locations that a standard two-story design would be more desirable.  To accomplish this change in design, the site would need to have the grading revised to raise the rears of the units. Townhome unit designs and site improvements are approved through a Site Plan Review application.  The proposed changes in the grading plan and unit design are deviations from the 2022 approvals and an amendment is required.  

A short (1-3 foot) retaining wall will be installed to create a flat, usable backyard with patios.  The retaining wall and regrading are not anticipated to alter the approved landscape plan.  

The proposed front and rear exteriors of the townhome units look very similar to the design that was approved in 2022.  The individual unit widths are the same so replatting of the property is not necessary.  

Mailed notices were sent to property owners within 350 feet of the site.  A "proposed development" sign was placed on the site.  A legal notice was placed in the May 9 Anoka Union Hearld Newspaper.  

Alternatives to Consider:
1.  Approve the amended site plan review as recommended by the Planning Commission.
2.  Approve the amended site plan with modifications.
3.  Deny the amended site plan based on certain findings, keeping the existing approvals in place.  
 

All costs associated with this amendment are the responsibility of the applicant.  

At their regular meeting on May 22, 2025, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the amended Site Plan Review.

Motion to adopt Resolution #25-106 approving an amended site plan review for Rivenwick Village 4th Addition.