#08 - At Home Apartments Premin Plat & PUD

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PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICATION & PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) APPLICATION UPDATE 01.08.23 supportive depending on the nature of the proposal and feedback from the community, planning commission, and City Council. Response: Kindly review the earlier comments regarding revisions to the landscape and screening plans. The Applicant is seeking a deviation from the City’s screening requirements, as previously explained. Comment 5: Road width reduction – Staff have discussed the proposed road width reduction (32-28’) as requested by the Applicant and planning commission. Staff are willing to consider and possibly support the width reduction but with the following items addressed: (a) All buildings, including twin homes, must be sprinkled; (b) A parking diagram should be submitted to detail where parking will be located on-street if parking is only allowed on one side of the street. I think detailing how much parking would be lost going from both to one side of the street parking would also be helpful; (c) Areas where additional parking can be located for visitor stalls on the site should be identified. One such area appears to be in the area east of Block 2, unit 23; (d) An approval may be conditioned upon the addition of language to the eventual leases requiring that garage areas be used for parking of vehicles (as opposed to storage, as is often the case) such that the driveways remain open for visitors to park. This would be intended to reducing parking issues during peak utilization periods such as with holidays and events. Response: a. The townhome structures are required to have sprinklers as per the state building code, and the Applicant’s plans already include a sprinkler system for these units. Twin homes are not mandated to have a sprinkler system under the state building code. The Applicant wishes to express its concerns about the financial impact this requirement would have on the total project costs. In light of this, the Applicant is seeking a thorough understanding of the rationale behind this requirement and its connection to the Applicant’s request to reduce the street width to 28’ which is in alignment with other neighborhood streets. b. Each unit provides ample parking space for four vehicles – two stall garages and a driveway capable of accommodating two additional parked cars. This results in a total of 192 parking spaces for 48 units, surpassing the city code requirements. The Applicant is confident that even if the city decides to limit on-street parking to one side of the street, there will be no parking shortage. It’s noteworthy that despite being classified as a multifamily housing community, the housing product type is designed to resemble a single-family home community, complete with two-stall garages and driveways, aligning with the resident behavior of a twin and town home community and a single-family home community. c. The Applicant’s residential leases already incorporate provisions prohibiting residents from using the garage stall as a storage unit. This measure is primarily done for safety purposes.