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Oronoco council approves Cedar Winds PUD and preliminary plat for 56 condos
Summary
The Oronoco City Council on July 15 approved a planned unit development and preliminary plat for the Cedar Winds project, a 56-unit condominium development on about 13 acres, subject to standard planning conditions including a lighting and landscape plan and park-dedication arrangements.
The Oronoco City Council approved a planned unit development (PUD) conditional-use permit and a preliminary plat for the Cedar Winds condominium project at its July 15 meeting, clearing the way for 56 condominium units on roughly 13 acres.
Bill Tington, representing Mass Engineering on behalf of the owner-developer, told the council the latest design reduces access drives on Cedar Point Road to three, adds satellite visitor parking, enlarges internal roadways to 28 feet for emergency access, and includes a central stormwater treatment facility and a northern dog park. “We still have 56 condo units on a little over 13 acres,” Tington said.
City planner Aaron Purdue recommended approval, saying the proposal meets multifamily density and dimensional requirements for the R2 district and listing recommended conditions from the planning commission. Purdue also reminded the council that the city’s parkland-dedication ordinance calls for a fee equal to 10% of the site’s current assessed value — “a park dedication fee of a little over $80,000,” he said — but noted the developer’s proposed long multimodal trail could be considered as an offset to that fee during the development-agreement negotiation.
Council members discussed pedestrian connectivity, emergency access and neighbors’ concerns about lighting. The applicant agreed to revise the path layout to provide a 10-foot multiuse path around the site and to submit a lighting and landscape plan for staff review and the record. Staff and the planning commission also requested documentation addressing stormwater and construction comments from a neighbor, Mr. Halen.
The council approved the conditional-use permit and the preliminary plat by voice vote. The approvals were granted with the planning commission’s recommended conditions, including the revised trail alignment and submission of a final lighting and landscape plan; the parkland-dedication amount or an offset for trail costs will be finalized in the development agreement prior to final plat approval.
Next steps: the developer must submit final PUD construction plans, the required lighting and landscaping details, and a development agreement that documents any offsets to the parkland fee; those materials will return to the council for final approval.
