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Council approves Amlee Treehouse Phase 2 master development agreement and a sign exception for Lindbergh property
Summary
Council approved a master development agreement for Amlee Treehouse Phase 2 to formalize phase-2 performance standards, park conveyance and facade requirements, and separately approved an alternative sign-design exception for a detached real-estate sign at 4135 Lindbergh Drive.
Council approved two land-use items on Feb. 24: a master development agreement (MDA) to formalize Phase 2 of the Amlee Treehouse project and an alternative-sign-design exception for a real-estate sign at 4135 Lindbergh Drive.
The Amlee MDA memorializes prior entitlements for Phase 2 (a mix of fee-simple and rental townhomes, stacked flats, retail and public and private open spaces), includes park-dedication covenants and a special warranty deed for park conveyance, and sets performance standards and a purchase option the town may use if fee-simple townhomes do not develop as required. Staff noted no direct financial obligations for the town in this MDA; developer Robert Lapp said utilities are currently being installed and the developer hopes to complete the park improvements within about a year so the fee-simple townhomes can be marketed.
On facade standards, council reviewed a previously approved modification (the permitted masonry/exterior-material range for townhomes is 50% to 88% depending on elevation) and asked staff to continue overseeing design quality consistent with the MDA.
Separately, council approved an alternative sign-design request from Dryden Properties to reinstall a prior 15-square-foot detached real-estate sign at 4135 Lindbergh Drive that now would encroach roughly 4.5 feet inside the UDC's 10-foot property-line setback (the old code measured from back-of-curb; the new code measures from the property line). Staff said the parcel's layout leaves limited feasible locations for a sign and that the property owner had removed the original sign when code staff raised compliance concerns; council approved the exception and directed staff to continue a courtesy-notice approach for similar sign matters.
Next steps: the developer and staff will continue with required submittals, park dedication warranty deed and standard inspections; staff will also provide a sample of the courtesy-notice used in sign-enforcement follow-up.
