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Item No:7H Meeting Date: August 27, 2012 Type of Business: ROLL CALL VOTE Administrator Review: _________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 848, Rezoning three properties to a PUD, for the proposed “Coventry Senior Living” Development on County Road 10; Planning Case MU2010-001 (ROLL CALL VOTE) Introduction: Coventry Senior Living, represented by Greg Johnson, has submitted a planning application for a 95-unit senior housing development on three lots at 2340 County Road 10 (“The Car Wash”) and the two adjacent vacant lots to the southwest. The building would have 18 independent living units, 45 assisted living units, 16 high-acuity units, and 16 memory care units. The developer/applicant has purchase agreements to buy the properties. Background: The development site includes three parcels with an area totaling approximately 2.18 acres. County Highway 10 runs along the northeast side and O’Connell Drive runs along the southwest side of the site. The three parcels involved have mixed zoning designations - 2320 and 2340 County Road 10 are zoned B-3, Highway Business, and 5260 O’Connell Drive is zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential. 2340 County Road 10 currently has a self-serve car wash on the site, and the other two parcels are vacant. The immediate area consists of single-family homes, an apartment building, the vacant commercial “Premium Stop” lot, and directly across County Road 10 is the Rydell Group Auto Outlet. REZONING DISCUSSION: The applicant is requesting to rezone the properties located at 2320 and 2340 County Highway 10 (B-3 Highway Business) and 5260 O’Connell Drive (R-1 Single Family). At over two acres, this project qualifies to rezone to a Planned Unit Development for senior housing. Rezoning Criteria: Chapter 1125 of the Mounds View Zoning Code addresses rezoning requests. The procedure and conditions of approval are the same as for conditional use permits, which means the Planning Commission is to consider possible and potential adverse effects of the requested rezoning. The Planning Commission shall make findings of fact and make a recommendation to the City Council based upon the review of potential adverse effects and the findings of fact. Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan: According to the Comprehensive Plan, the City has designated the area as Mixed-Use PUD, planned unit development. This is defined as land containing a building or buildings with significant amounts of residential uses in combination with commercial and/or office uses. By using the Mixed-Use PUD designation in the Comprehensive Plan, the City has more options for the allowed uses.. Sites with this designation could be developed as planned unit developments (PUD) to allow flexibility if the project meets the PUD criteria. An important component of the