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AGENDA ITEM V.A. • STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson P & Z MEETING DATE: October 14, 2009 TOPIC: PUD Amendment — Town Center Design and Development Guide Permissible Land Uses and other language regarding Assisted Living Facilities in Commercial Districts BACKGROUND The Lino Lakes Lodging LLC has submitted a request that the Lino Lakes Town Center Design and Development Guidelines be amended to allow an Assisted Living Facility in the Lino Lakes Town Center (Legacy at Woods Edge). The applicant is the owner of the site at 725 Town Center Parkway, currently developed with the Country Inn and Suites hotel. The LLTCDDG pages 12 -18 are attached to this report, this includes the Land Use Plan and Regulating Plan for the purpose of interpreting the impact of the changes proposed by staff. The text changes proposed by staff are highlighted. • PERMISSIBLE USES Within the Town Center area, staff is proposing to reclassify Assisted Living Facilities as a Commercial use rather than a Residential use. In order to protect the vitality of the streetscape surrounding the Village Green and the main Commercial corridor, we are proposing to limit the placement of Assisted Living Facilities to those areas that are required to only have a 50% build - to line per Figure 4 on page 13 of the TCDDG. This would limit Assisted Living Facilities to the site of the current hotel and the vacant site east of the hotel. Both of these sites share proximity with the residential areas of the project and Assisted Living Facilities would be an appropriate transition from the higher intensity commercial areas of the project. FIRST FLOOR USES Within the commercial and mixed use districts that front the village green and the main shopping area, the intent of the Town Center development is to have street vitality. Street vitality is created by first floor businesses. In the case of commercial properties that are off of the village green and the main commercial corridor, the main focus should be on employment to increase the number of daily users of the commercial areas. The differentiation between these areas is clearly depicted on the Regulation Plan (Figure 4, Page 13). Build to Line requirements are higher in the village green and commercial corridor than they are along the northern most extension of Town Center Parkway. As such, staff feels it is appropriate to consider Assisted Living Facilities in the 50% build -to line area, even if on the first floor of a building. •