Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 09/20/2001

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City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE: (763) 427-1410 FAX (763) 427-5543 TDD (763) 427-8591 August 31,2601 Robert Hutchinson Lord of Life Church 14501 Nowthen Blvd. Rarnsey, MN 55303 Re: Site Plan Review-Lord of Life Church Apartment Building Dear Mr. Hutchinson: We are in receipt of your site plan to develop an apamnent building on a portion of the Lord of Life Church property. The submittal consists of two pages entitled Site and Landscaping Plan prepared by Vanman Companies and dated July I7, 2001, and the 13 pages entitled Preliminary Design prepared by Vanman Companies and dated May 29, 2001. General: The apartment building will be constructed on approximately 10.05 acres and is part of land being resubdivided by Lord of Life Church. The apartment building will be a three-story structure containing 47 apartments designed for senior citizens. The development property will be identified as Lot 2, Block I, Lord of Life once the platting process is completed. 2. Zoning: The subject property, is currently zoned and B-1 Business and R-3U Residential. As part of the development, you are proposing to rezone the property to MR, Multiple Residential. ""~' Lot Coverage: The proposed apartment development area is 437,778 square feet in size (10.05 acres) and tot coverage is restricted to 35% (which includes garages), or 153,222 square feet in this case. The site plan is proposing a footprint of 25,740 square feet, which equates to approximately 6% lot coverage. Setbacks: The proposed building meets or exceeds all required building setbacks under the MPs Multipl'e Residential. City Code requires all access drives be setback at least-20 feet fi-om lot lines of land zoned R-1 ResidentiaL. The new access drive proposed as part of the development meets this requirement. Density: The apartment building will be constructed on a new lot that is 10.05 acres in size. At this time, the applicant is proposing to construct only one of the two proposed buildings. The gross density of the parcel will be 9.35 umts per acre when both buildings are constructed. Once wetlands are factored out, the net density will be 12.79 units per-acre when both building are constructed. The March 2001 Drat~ Comprehensive Plan indicates the apartment building location is plarmed for high density housing at a density up to 15 units per net acre. 6. Access: The plan for the first building shows access to CSAH 5 via a perimeter road around the north and east boundaries of the church property. A secondary access to the north and eventually to