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Verona council approves Ardent Glen amendments to add 19 lots, approves larger plat
Summary
The council approved an amendment to the Ardent Glen planned development to create 19 additional lots and a preliminary plat modifying 406 lots into 425 with conditions including a development agreement and park plan approvals.
The Verona Common Council on Feb. 9 approved amendments to the Ardent Glen planned development that will add 19 lots by downsizing existing parcels and approved a related preliminary plat that will result in 425 lots and 34 outlots.
Alder Hollis Swanson moved to approve resolution 26-004 to amend the preliminary and final plan to add 19 lots; the Planning Commission had recommended approval 5–1. Swanson told the council the additional lots come from downsizing other lots, not from adding land, and emphasized the changes will be effective only upon execution of a development agreement and subject to the city's stormwater management conditions.
The council also approved resolution 26-005, the preliminary plat to convert 406 lots into 425 lots and create 34 outlots, subject to conditions including that final platting will identify private alleys as fire lanes and that the preliminary plat becomes effective upon a development agreement.
Planning materials and the plan commission record flagged public concerns about traffic, stormwater runoff, lighting, tree loss and parkland. Swanson said park improvements remain subject to approval: "This change is not effective unless and until the Park Recreation and Forestry Commission has approved the park improvement plans," and staff added that park layout submitted to the plan commission should be reflected in final park plans. The submitted plans show one basketball court and four pickleball courts.
Council members asked whether the changes affect floodplain approvals; city staff said the area in question is outside the floodplain. The council debated tradeoffs between increasing density and preserving open space; one commissioner who voted against the plan at the Planning Commission cited a principle that developers should get plans right the first time.
Both resolutions passed on voice votes.
The council packet cites adjustments to setbacks, lot widths and maximum lot coverage in the amended plan and reiterates that park fees and park improvement obligations will change if density increases. Developers and staff will need to execute the development agreement before the amendments take effect.
