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Prior Lake council approves Marlow Ridge PUD, zoning and plat for 262‑unit development
Summary
The council approved a negative EAW declaration and multiple land‑use actions for Pulte Homes' Marlow Ridge 2nd Edition, a proposed 262‑unit low/medium‑density residential development on roughly 70 developable acres, conditioned on the developer addressing staff comments.
The Prior Lake City Council on June 23 approved a package of land‑use actions for Pulte Homes' Marlow Ridge Second Edition: a negative EAW declaration, an amendment to the 2040 future land use map, an amendment to the official zoning map, an easement vacation, a planned unit development (PUD) overlay district, and a preliminary plat for a 262‑lot residential development. The approvals were conditioned on the developer addressing staff comments noted in the May 19, 2026 memorandum.
Community Development Director McCabe summarized that the overall site is roughly 88 acres with about 70 net developable acres and that the developer proposes 262 units for an overall density of 3.75 units per acre (low density area at 2.64 units/acre and medium density at 4.7 units/acre). McCabe described four housing types — townhomes, twin homes (55+ market), and two single‑family detached lot sizes — and listed public benefits the developer has proposed, including enhancement of a large wetland, trail and sidewalk connections, two collector streets (Fountain Hills and Surrey Lane) and contributions toward a future County Road 21 intersection improvement.
McCabe said the developer proposes to impact approximately 2 acres of wetlands to accommodate Fountain Hills and that wetland impacts would be reviewed under the Wetland Conservation Act and by the technical evaluation panel. He also presented tree conservation and replacement calculations: about 4,500 caliper inches existing on site, with a developer proposal to provide 1,150 caliper inches of replacement (exceeding the required 482 inches based on removal limits and credits).
Traffic and schools were discussed: staff and the developer provided a traffic impact study that showed Carriage Hills Parkway has capacity for the development in the short term and that the Prior Lake‑Savage Area School District provided comments indicating the project is anticipated and is not expected to cause overcrowding at Jeffers Pond Elementary.
Council members praised the thorough staff work and the development design. Developer representative Hoyer (speaker 10) said parking provision and product mix were designed to match market expectations; he apologized for an earlier assumption about needing no traffic signal at a particular intersection and acknowledged a signal may be needed depending on future commercial development.
Council member Bridal moved to approve the package of resolutions and ordinance amendments, and council member Lake seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote with the approval conditioned on the developer addressing staff comments in the May 19 memorandum.
(Reporting in this article is based on Community Development Director McCabe’s presentation, developer remarks, public hearing summary and the council’s recorded motion and vote.)
