Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/09/2015

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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Date: 04/09/2015 Submitted For: Tim Gladhill, Community Development By: Tina Goodroad, Community Development 5. 4. Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Resolution #15-04-093 Granting Approvals for COR Parkview Addition and Parkview East 1. Preliminary Plat for Major Subdivision 2. Site Plan for 121 Unit Apartment Building Purpose/Background: The purpose of this file is to review the official Preliminary Plat and Site plan Review for the Parkview East Apartment Complex. The subject property is located south of Ramsey Parkway, east of Town Center Drive East and west of Rhinestone Street NW and north of Sunwood Drive. The property is located in COR -1 zoning sub -district. The application includes a plat to be called COR Parkview Addition and development of phase one apartment complex consisting of one four-story building with a total of 121 units with tuck under, detached garage and surface parking. Notification: Staff attempted to notify all Property Owners within 700 feet of the Subject Property of the Public Hearing via Standard US Mail. A notification of Public Hearing was published in the Anoka County Union Herald. Observations/Alternatives: The property is zoned COR -1 Mixed Use Core Subdistrict which is intended to provide a mix of residential, retail, and service uses. This sub -district allows the highest intensity of uses including high density housing. The proposed use as an apartment building meets the intent of the COR -1 sub -district. The COR Design Framework establishes maximum build to lines based on the roadway the property frontage. For buildings located along a Parkway, sixty (60) percent of the building (at least 300 feet) shall be located five (5) feet from the back of the side walk. The proposed building is located ten (10) and in some portions greater than ten (10) feet. The site does curve causing more difficulty in meeting this build to line. However, efforts should be made to meet the five (5) foot maximum for at least sixty (60) percent of the building facade along Ramsey Parkway. Later in this review a suggestion will be made to widen the boulevard which will help shift the sidewalk slightly closer to the building In addition, because the building has frontage on more than one street, the building shall be located five (5) feet from the back of curb along Rhinestone Street. There are minimum or maximums for rear and internal side yard setbacks. The COR Design Framework includes guidelines on how to manage parking. This is particularly important in COR -1 subdistrict, being the most intense and pedestrian oriented. A variety of parking options are proposed for the site. The building will include forty-four (44) tuck under garages with garage door entries on the south elevation internal to the site. An additional ninety-one (91) garage spaces are provided within five (5) detached garage structures. Finally, 148 surface parking spaces are planned south of the building internal to the south for a total of 283 spaces. No surface parking areas are abutting a street. Typically the spaces internal to the building would not be counted dropping the total to 239 spaces. The COR Design Framework sets a maximum parking allotment of two (2) spaces per unit for multi -family structures. The development incudes 121 units requiring 242 parking spaces. The site meets and even slightly exceeds the