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CAS # REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW PACT CHARTER SCHOOL; CASE OF ACADEMIC INVESTMENTS, INC. By: Patrick Trudgeon, AICP, Assistant Community Development Director Background: Academic Investments Inc. has submitted a site plan to construct a two-story, 71,35© square-foot Charter School on L6t 1, Block 1 of the proposed Town Center subdivision. The school will accommodate approximately 560 students from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. The school is proposed to be located at the southwest quadrant of Ramsey Blvd. and the proposed Ramsey Parkway. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) g) Site location map Site plan Building elevations PACT Charter School Project Narrative Draft TC-3 Development Guidelines City Staff review letter dated Septemb.er 12, 2003 Secondary Development Agreement (To be handed out at meeting). Notification: Site Plahs do not require a public hearing. However, as part of the site plan approval, a conditional use permit must be issued. The CLIP requires a public hearing which will be held on October 2, 2003. Observations: The site is currently zoned E-2, Employment. However, the City Council is currently in the process of rezoning the Town Center area into new zoning districts; TC-1, TC-2, TC- 3, TC-4, and TC-5. Even though the Town Center Zoning Districts have not been officially adopted, Staff will be using them as a basis for Site Plan review. The school is proposed to be located in TC-3, which allows for educational facilities as a conditional use permit. The public heating for the Conditional Use Permit will be held at the Planning Commission meeting of October 2, 2003. The site plan will need to comply with any conditions enumerated in the conditional use permit. The new lot to be created as part of the Town Center plat will be 5.35 acres in size. The proposed TC-3 District requires a Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) of 0.5. On this particular lot, the F.A.R. requirement would mean that there would have to be 116,523 square feet of building. Tire school is proposing to have 71,350 square-feet, or a F.A.R. of 0.31. If the area designated for playgrounds and tot lo{s are included (21,616 Square feet), the F.A.R. is 0.40. The Planning Commission, after discussing the matter and recognizing the unique design needs of a school, directed staff to draft a change to the proposed TC-3 sub district. The change would create a TC-3a district that would only allow educational facilities that would not require as strict of F.A.R. as well as not require "build-to"