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Council tables Pulte Homes' Fultonwood preliminary plat and rezoning after density, single-access concerns
Summary
The City Council tabled a preliminary plat and rezoning application from Pulte Homes for the Fultonwood subdivision (53 detached single-family lots) to allow more time for developer-neighborhood coordination over single access, density and lot configuration; the motion to table carried Feb. 24.
The City of Chaska City Council on Feb. 24 voted to table Pulte Homes’ preliminary plat and rezoning request for the Fultonwood development to allow additional time for the applicant and staff to address council questions about access and lot design.
The request, which covers roughly 20 acres in southwest Chaska adjacent to County Road 61 and near the High Point Vistas development, proposed 53 detached single-family lots (mostly 60-foot-wide lots) with one access point on Spring Creek Drive aligned with Birch Street. Preliminary materials listed home sizes between about 2,400 and 3,000 square feet, two- and three-car garages and lot sizes ranging from roughly 0.17 to 0.5 acres.
Nut graf: Council members expressed concern about a single vehicular access for the development — the plan sits at the maximum number of lots allowed on a single access — and some voiced disappointment with the internal housing product and density. Staff confirmed utilities will be available once adjacent development installs mains and that stormwater ponds are proposed along the site perimeter.
Planner Liz (City of Chaska staff, presenter) summarized the project background, including a required neighborhood meeting and a concept-plan approval last September. Since concept, the developer added two acres (a parcel owned by a neighboring property owner) and several adjustments: consolidation to a single site access, an HOA-owned tot-lot, sidewalks on both sides of internal streets and pedestrian bump-outs.
Applicant representative Kaylee Daley of Built In Homes Minnesota said the developer had removed a second western access in response to neighborhood feedback and staff input and stressed that the plan meets ordinance standards and fire access rules. "We felt that by removing that western access point to help appease some of those concerns we heard," Daley told council.
Councilmember Mikaela Hatfield moved to table the application and asked the developer to revisit density and access. The motion to table to the March 17 council meeting passed with a voice vote (moved by Hatfield; second by Chevlin). The staff report noted the city could exercise a single 60-day extension to the application review window if needed.
Why it matters: The project sits near planned community park amenities and a future elementary school site; layout and access choices affect traffic patterns, pedestrian connections and stormwater planning and will influence the character of the area as new neighborhoods build out.
Ending: Staff and the applicant will take council feedback — especially on access, the potential for different housing types on interior lots and pedestrian connections to nearby trails — and return with revisions or a schedule for continued review by March 17, 2025.
