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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2016-204
R ESOLUTION A PPROVING F INAL P LAT AND D EVELOPMENT C ONTRACT FOR
“D UNKIRK G ATEWAY” FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE S OUTHWEST Q UADRANT OF
C OUNTY R OAD 47 AND D UNKIRK L ANE (2015114-F)
WHEREAS, Estate Development Corporation has requested approval of a final plat for 30 single-
family lots on a roughly 15-acre site located at 5915 Dunkirk Lane, and 16815, 16845, and 16935 County
Road 47; and
WHEREAS, the property is presently legally described as follows:
That part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 118, Range 22,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the North line of
said South Half of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 283 feet West of the Northeast corner of
said South Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence West along said North line a distance of 250
feet; thence deflect 89 degrees 03 minutes left a distance of 577.60 feet; thence deflect 90
degrees 45 minutes left a distance of 250 feet; thence deflect 89 degrees 15 minutes a distance
of 578.47 feet to the point of beginning.
AND
That part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 118, Range 22,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the North line of
said South Half of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 783 feet West of the Northeast corner of
said South Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence West along said North line a distance of 280
feet; thence deflect 89 degrees 03 minutes left, a distance of 825.75 feet; thence deflect 90
degrees 45 minutes left, a distance of 280 feet; thence deflect 89 degrees 15 minutes left, a
distance of 826.72 feet to the point of beginning, according to the United States Government
survey thereof.
AND
Beginning at a point on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5,
Township 118, Range 22, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a distance of 533 feet westerly of the
northeast corner of said South Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence westerly, along said north
line, a distance of 250 feet; thence southerly, parallel with the east line of said South Half of
Northwest Quarter, to a point 750 feet northerly of the south line of said South Half of the
Northwest Quarter, said 750 feet measured at right angles with said south line; thence easterly
parallel with said south line, a distance of 250 feet; thence northerly, parallel with said east line
to said point of beginning.
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AND
That part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 118, Range 22,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of
said South Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence South along the East line of said South Half of
the Northwest Quarter a distance of 579.34 feet; thence deflect 89 degrees 15 minutes right a
distance of 283 feet; thence deflect 90 degrees 45 minutes right a distance of 578.47 feet to the
North line of said South Half of the Northwest Quarter; thence East along said North line a
distance of 283 feet to the point of beginning.
WHEREAS, city staff has prepared a development contract covering the improvements related to
said plat.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the request by Estate Development Corporation
for a final plat for Dunkirk Gateway; and
FURTHER, that the development contract for said plat be approved, and that upon prior
execution of the development contract by the developer, the mayor and city manager be authorized to
execute the development contract on behalf of the city; and
FURTHER, that the following conditions be met prior to recording of, and related to said plat:
1. The final plat for Dunkirk Gateway is approved in accordance with the final plat drawing received by
the city on April 11, 2016 and revised plans received by the city on May 5, 2016, except as may be
amended by this resolution.
2. Prior to commencement of grading operations, the developer shall install and request inspection of
tree preservation fencing and silt/erosion control fencing.
3. Prior to recording the final plat, the developer shall:
a) Execute the development contract and provide the related financial guarantees and fees.
b) Receive city approval of final construction plans.
c) Pay the required park dedication fee.
d) Pay the required tree restitution fee.
e) Remove the existing structures from 16815, 16845, and 16935 County Road 47. Demolition
permits are required for removal of those existing structures.
f) Provide a separate ten-foot wide trail easement along the north side of those properties that
abut County Road 47.
g) Provide an encroachment agreement for retaining walls that would lie within a drainage and
utility easement.
h) Provide a street easement for the temporary turn-around required at the south end of Fountain
Lane.
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4. Prior to issuance of building permits for lots abutting wetlands, permanent wetland buffer
monument signs shall be installed pursuant to ordinance requirements.
5. The developer shall notify potential buyers about the future southerly roadway extension of
Fountain Lane North.
6. The developer shall provide a temporary cul-de-sac turn-around at the south terminus of Fountain
Lane North.
7. The developer shall post a sign near the south terminus of Fountain Lane North to notify passersby
that the street will be extended in the future.
8. The homeowner’s association documents shall address: a) responsibilities for maintenance and
repair of developer-installed retaining walls, wetland buffers, buffer monuments, sidewalks, and any
subdivision signage, and b) prohibition of structures and clearing of native vegetation within
wetland buffers.
9. Vehicular driveway access is denied from Garland Lane to the west side of Lots 22, 23, and 24, Block
1, making the yard areas between the rear of the homes on those lots and Garland Lane an
“equivalent” yard.
10. The tree inventory plan has already taken into account the future removal of trees on Lot 1 of Block
2 (Lots 1 and 2 of Block 2 as shown on the approved preliminary plat) when that area is
developed/final platted as a second phase of this subdivision in the future, provided replacement
trees (per the landscape and tree replacement plan) are planted on those lots upon construction of
new homes.
11. Secondary access for the development is hereby waived. Note that secondary access (via future
southerly extension of Fountain Lane North) would be provided if and when property to the south is
subdivided in the future.
12. The required safety fence to be installed at the top of the roughly 650-foot long retaining wall in the
west portion of the site shall be a minimum of four feet in height, instead of three feet high.
13. Standard Conditions:
a. No building permits, including those for a model home, shall be issued until the final plat is
recorded with Hennepin County and streets and utilities are installed.
b. Development standards and setbacks for this plat shall comply with the RSF-3 zoning standards.
No variances are granted or implied.
c. If the required sidewalks are not installed when the streets are installed, no building permits
shall be issued for lots abutting the future sidewalk unless a separate sidewalk agreement is
provided for each affected lot.
d. Any signage shall require separate permits and shall comply with the city’s sign regulations.
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e. Separate building permits are required for retaining walls 48 inches in height or higher.
Additionally, a fence shall be installed at the top of retaining walls that exceed four feet in
height.
f. No trees shall be planted in the boulevard.
g. Compliance with the city’s tree preservation, reforestation, and restitution regulations.
h. Removal of all hazardous trees at the owner's expense.
i. This approval shall expire two years after the date of approval, unless the property owner or
applicant has recorded the final plat, or unless the applicant, with the consent of the property
owner, has received prior approval from the city to extend the expiration date for up to one
additional year, as regulated under section 512 of city code.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 14th day of June, 2016.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota,
certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on
June 14, 2016, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription
thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this ________ day of
________________, _________.
City Clerk