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Stantec Memo To: Tim Gladhill, Development Services Manager Offic From: Tina Goodroad, AICP File: Workforce Housing Site Plan Date: March 8, 2013 review Reference: Workforce Housing in Ramsey COR The applicant has submitted a preliminary site plan for a 47 unit workforce housing apartment building for a site located in COR 1 situated at the southeast corner of Sapphire Street and Sunwood Drive. Below is a summary of the site plan review based on the COR 1 site and building design requirements. As described in The COR Design Framework the COR1 Mixed Use Core "provides the broadest variety, highest density and greatest intensity of development encouraging both vertical and horizontal mixed use." The site is located on Sunwood Drive which is classified as a destination street and Sapphire Street which is classified as a downtown street. The site also abuts Center Street which is also classified as a downtown street. Minimum lot size requirement: none Minimum lot width: 20' on all three streets. Proposed plan meets this requirement. Density: greater than 15 units is permitted in COR1. The proposal is for a five story building (first floor at grade enclosed parking) with 47 units. Minimum F.A.R is .75 and proposed is 1.09 Required build to lines on Sunwood Drive and Sapphire Street is 5' to the right-of-way with 60% of the building facade meeting this requirement. A scaled site plan was not provided to determine proposed build to lines. However, as the site plan illustrates, the applicant understands the intent of building placement in the COR up to the street. Nevertheless, improvements can be made to the building layout that would offer greater use of the entire site extending the Center Street, while meeting the build to lines on both Sunwood Drive and Sapphire Street. Development plans cannot prohibit the remaining site area from meeting the Development Plan, including building area to meet build to and building frontage requirements along Center Street. The preliminary site plan does not meet the build to line along Sapphire Street. If the building were designed in an "L" shape and tucked into the southeast corner greater One Team. Infinite Solutions. tg h:\projects\mwf\ramsey workforce housing review memo 3-11-13.docx