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C While the majority of the property to the north and some of the property to the east is developed, most of the remainder of the adjacent properties are undeveloped. The PD plan design provides a green belt, hundreds of feet wide, around the entire project site perimeter. This green belt ensures compatibility and actually provides an aesthetic amenity along the site's perimeter. Environmental Impacts and Concurrency: These issues are analyzed in the PD plan analysis. Proposed Development The applicant is proposing seven PODs of residential development, one of which is proposed for multi -family residential. The remaining 6 are proposed to be single-family. Four of the single-family PODs will contain 50' wide lots, while one will contain 60' wide lots and the other 75' wide lots. All of the residential development will be internal to the development, with golf course improvements on the perimeter. The driving range and clubhouse will be located in the northwest corner of the site, adjacent to 43'd Avenue. The proposed multi- family POD is to be located in the southeast comer of the site, where the subject location and properties to the south and east have an L-2 land use designation. Also, the multi -family POD will be separated from the project perimeter by a 200' to 300'+ wide golf course area and buffer, and will be accessed internally from the proposed project. In staff s opinion, the project layout will be compatible with the overall area and surrounding properties. Public Benefits of the PD Plan Recently, the planning staff has been asking PD applicants to identify the public benefits that their project will provide in exchange for the county's flexibility with the design criteria. In this case, the applicant is proposing a design which will provide significant green space adjacent to four Thoroughfare Plan roads, as well as significant common green space internal to the project site. These green space locations will provide a low density open space "feel" along the public sides of the project (its perimeters) and will accommodate preservation of uplands and wetlands. In addition. the applicant will provide stormwater capacity within the project's lakes to treat the stormwater from future paving improvements to the adjacent Thoroughfare Plan roads. To facilitate joint use of the stormwater system, the developer will grant an easement to the county for stormwater purposes. Use of the stormwater system should enable the county to design roadway paving projects within less right-of-way area, resulting in less right-of-way acquisition impacts on surrounding property owners in the future. Details of the easement and stormwater capacity provisions will be addressed in a developer's agreement which will need to be approved prior to the issuance of a land development permit (LDP) for The Colony. PD Plan Analysis: Size: 297 acres OCTOBER 24, 2000 •