At their June 4th
meeting, the City Council approved a new 21-unit Planned Unit Development (PUD)
at 1323 South Magnolia Avenue. The property is part of the First Lutheran
Church. The development will be on the southern portion of the property
replacing the school buildings. The staff report has all the details, but
in a nutshell, here’s what was approved.
The development has 21 two-story,
detached houses ranging in size from 1,579 to 1,870 square feet, each with an
attached 2-car garage and private yard. The architecture is a modern
Craftsman style with a combination of wood siding and stucco with stone veneer
accents.
A planned unit development or PUD
(“P-U-D”) is sort of a hybrid between a single family subdivision and a
condominium. As opposed to a condominium where the owner has title to the
“airspace”, a PUD owner holds title (legal-speak for “owns”) to the building as
well as the ground and usually the surrounding yard area. There is still
a homeowners association that is responsible for maintaining the common areas
like the driveway and common landscaped areas and the exteriors of the houses.
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| Artist Rendering of 21-Unit PUD at 1323 S. Magnolia Ave. |
