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Council approves EB First Edition amendments and preliminary plat; stormwater pond to serve new apartment and townhome layout
Summary
Council approved an amendment to Conditional Use Permit No. 2409 to allow more than one principal residential building on a lot and vacated a small right‑of‑way for 207th Street, and approved a preliminary plat creating outlots to support a 166‑unit development (one 142‑unit apartment building plus 24 townhomes) with a new surface stormwater pond.
Developer Will O'Keefe, representing EB Lakeville Development and co‑developer partners, presented a revised plan for the EB First Edition site that replaces two previously approved apartment buildings with one 142‑unit apartment building plus 24 townhomes (a net reduction from 182 to 166 units).
O'Keefe asked the council to approve a conditional‑use amendment and a small vacation of public right‑of‑way to align the site layout. Planning staff explained the property is zoned RH2 multifamily and that the original approvals included an underground stormwater solution; the new proposal places stormwater on an adjacent outlot so surface ponding can handle detention instead of deep underground systems.
"The new proposal is for one apartment building and then the four town home buildings with six units so we're going from 182 to 166 units total," planning staff said. The applicant said the multifamily building will include two levels of underground parking, surface parking and a pool amenity area.
Councilmember Burmal moved approval of the conditional‑use amendment (CUP No. 2409) to allow more than one principal residential building on a lot, approve the right‑of‑way vacation for 207th Street, and adopt findings of fact. The motion passed on roll call. The council then approved the preliminary plat for Authentics Lakeville Second Edition, which creates three outlots: Outlot B to hold the stormwater pond that will be used by the apartment and townhome project, Outlot C to be deeded to the city (wetland) and Outlot A to retain limited developable acreage outside the wetland.
Planning staff noted the project will remove trees but meet replacement requirements (ordinance requires 32.7 inches of replacement; the applicant proposes 35 inches). Staff also said the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval on June 4.
No appeals or additional votes were recorded at the meeting; the council approved the requested land‑use actions to allow the revised development plan to proceed to final engineering and permitting.
