Minutes - Planning Commission - 06/05/2001

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structures allowed under City Code. The applicant is applying for a variance to exceed the maximum height concurrently with the site plan review process. The first story will contain 28 apartments and the second and third stories will contain 27 apartment each. The building will have 28 one-bedroom and 54 two-bedroom units. The one bedroom units will be 760 square feet and the two bedroom units will be 1053 square feet which meets City Ordinances. The exteriors of the structure is proposed to consist of vinyl siding, block and brick. The roof will have asphalt shingles. The apartment building will have 91 underground parking stall for use by the tenants and will provide 50 off-street parking spaces in front of the apartment building for a total of 141 parking spaces. Under the MR Multi-Family District, a total of 150 parking spaces would be needed for this development. The previous senior apartment development, Savannah Oaks, used a standard of 1.5 parking spaces per unit. If this standard is appliedto The Ponds apartment building, a total of 123 parking spaces are needed. Staff is recommending that this standard be used again since very few of the residents have two cars and some have none. Public access will be provided from Dysprosium St. NW. The proposed landscaping plan is deficient in several areas, namely the lack of detail and insufficient number of planting around the apartment building. Staff will set up meeting with the applicant in the near future to discuss how to create a landscaping plan that meets City standards. City Staff recommended site plan approval contingent upon compliance with the city staff review letter dated June 1,2001 and the applicant receiving a variance to the height restrictions. Mr. Black noted that they have provided a landscaping plan that is a minimal plan to staff, but they will continue to work with staff on the issue. Motion by Commissioner Kociscak, seconded by Chairperson Nixt, to recommend that City Council deny site plan approval to the apartment building proposed as part of The Ponds subdivision based on the denial of the variance request by the Board of Adjustment. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Johnson, Reeve, Sweet, and Watson. Voting No: None. Commissioner Sweet left at 10:35 p.m. Case #4: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Establish Warehouse Operations as an Accessory use to an Office Building in the B-1 Business District; Case of SW Wold/North Pine Professional Service; Continued Scott Wold, stated that they are currently in the process of doing tree removal on the property. A lot of the trees will have to be moved to clear the site, but they will be utilizing some of the trees to give a buffer around the site. Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Chairperson Nixt, to recommend that City Council adopt Findings of Facts relating to the request for a conditional use permit from SW Wold for an accessory warehouse use and to recommend that City Council approve the request Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 21 of 28