There are very few vacant lands in Breezy Point that abut
Pelican Lake. One such property is at
the corner of Weavers Point Road and North Lakeshore Drive. This property was about 12 acres, has a
significant slope to the lake and a good deal of wetlands. This is a somewhat difficult to piece of land
to develop but it is in the process of being developed.
The property was purchased and will be developed following
approvals of the preliminary and final plats.
The developed site will have five lakeshore lots and one lot at the
intersection of the two roads. The site
will be served by sanitary sewer and the five lakeshore lots will be served by
a private driveway. The wetlands will be
preserved along with efforts to contain runoff from the developed portions of
the property.
At the October City Council meeting plans and specifications
were approved for the development of the sanitary sewer and roadway
installation. The sanitary sewer will
extend from North Lakeview Drive to the northwest property line. The private driveway will be paved and built to
be 20 feet wide.
As the developer is proposing to install the utilities a
development agreement was prepared to accomplish that approach. It includes assurances that the project will
be built as designed. The agreement also
spells out the need for a surety of some form and the requirement to pay
parkland dedication and escrow funds to cover the costs associated with this development
incurred by the city. This agreement was
also approved by the city council.
The developer indicated a desire to get the improvements
installed yet this fall. A number of
things need to be accomplished before construction can commence. We have yet to get the materials he needs to
provide to the city. We haven’t seen a
schedule for construction. With the construction
season rapidly coming to a close we’ll wait and see what transpires. In any event there will be homes eventually
in what will be known as the Copperud Addition.
