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PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION <br />& PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) APPLICATION <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />At Home Apartments, L.L.C. is please to submit its Preliminary Plat and PUD Application for <br />the development of the following parcels: 13.029.21.21.0007 (“Parcel 1 or Lake Elmo East”) and <br />13.029.21.22.0029** (“Parcel 2 or Lake Elmo West) (collectively, the “Subject Parcels or <br />Property”). **Please note: the PID for Parcel 2 is newly assigned due to the recent replat. This PID number has been <br />confirmed by Washington County property records. <br />Lake Elmo East or Parcel 1 is currently owned by 1962 Grand Avenue, L.L.C. and Lake Elmo West <br />or Parcel 2 is owned by Spaulding Rental, LLP (Spaulding Rental LLP has a vendee interest in the <br />property). Both ownership entities are affiliate entities of the Applicant. The Applicant, pending <br />approval from the City of Lake Elmo, intends to improve the property by developing a rental <br />community with forty-eight (48) rental twin and townhome units, with 28 units located on Lake <br />Elmo East and 20 units located on Lake Elmo West. <br />At Home Apartments, L.L.C. is a property management and development company based in St. Paul, <br />Minnesota. At Home Apartments has a long history of owning, self -managing and developing <br />multifamily communities throughout the Twin Cities metro area including communities like Eagan, <br />Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Minnetonka, and Mendota Heights. A copy of the At Home <br />Apartments company profile has been included with this application. More information about At <br />Home Apartments can also be found at www.athomeapartments.com. <br /> <br /> <br />PRELIMINARY PUD APPLICATION NARRATIVE <br /> <br />Address: Parcel 1 does not have a street address, but is generally located on the east corner of <br />Wildflower Dr. N. and 39th Street N. Parcel 2 does not have an assigned street address (newly <br />platted) but is generally located on the west corner of Wildflower Dr. N. and 39th Street N. Please <br />refer to legal descriptions and PIDs. <br /> <br />Legal Descriptions: Please see attached. <br />Project Description. The proposed development project, which necessitates the subdivision of the <br />current parcels and the PUD classification, is a 48-unit luxury twin and townhome rental community <br />providing several housing options for future Lake Elmo residents. The proposed plan calls for 14 <br />separate buildings which total 48 rental units (5 buildings on Lake Elmo West and 9 Lake Elmo <br />East). The proposed development is designed to be a market rate, general occupancy rental housing <br />community meaning this project is not subsidized and there are no age restrictions on the occupants. <br />The proposed housing use provides a transition between other uses in the area going from detached <br />single-family housing to the north of the Subject Parcels and commercial uses to the south of the <br />Subject Parcels. <br />Applications. To begin the approval process for the Applicant’s proposed development project the <br />application previously submitted a Land Use Application for a Residential Subdivision <br />Sketch/Concept Plan to be reviewed by City staff. City staff completed this review and provided <br />comments to the Applicant via a memorandum dated July 16, 2023. The Applicant now submits a