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Item No. /1 Staff Report No.97- 2/ 7/9- Meeting Date: July 28, 1997 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson,Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of Resolution No. 5144, a Resolution approving a Development Review for Silver Lake Commons, 2625 - 2655 Highway 10; Planning Case No. 487-97 Date-of Report: July 24, 1997 Overview Proposal: The applicant, MSP Real Estate, Inc., is requesting approval of a development review for the Silver Lake Commons project located at 2625 -2665 Highway 10, property which includes the existing Red Oak Apartments (2657 and 2665 Highway 10), two privately held vacant lots and a third vacant lot owned by the City. The applicant proposes to construct 16 two-level rental • townhome units on the vacant parcels while completely rehabilitating the 40 existing apartment units. New hipped-style roofs and new siding will be added to the apartment buildings to match the design of the proposed rental townhomes. The applicant is also proposing to replace all of the carpeting and vinyl flooring, windows, and the kitchen appliances and cabinets. They will be replacing furnaces and water heaters and light fixtures as needed. With the 40 existing units and the 16 new rental townhomes, the density on this 3.78 acre site would be 15.0 dwellings per acre. Two separate zoning designations apply to this project. The apartments are zoned R-4, High Density Residential; and the vacant parcels are zoned R-3, Medium Density Residential. The density allowed by the R-4 and R-3 districts is 17.4 units per acre. Type of Review: The proposed Silver Lake Commons development is consistent with the Mounds View Comprehensive Plan, which shows this property for High Density Residential. It is also consistent with the existing zoning, in that R-4 and R-3 allow for multiple family dwellings at 17.4 units per acre. The request before City Council is for approval of a development review, or site plan review, which is technical in nature. Development review is used to check if the proposal meets all of the zoning requirements such as setbacks, building heights, open space and parking requirements. Development review is required by Section 1006.06, Subd. 2 and Subd. 3 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, and is not subject to a public hearing requirement. This project involves some additional issues outside of the development review, including a request by the applicant to purchase the City-owned property lot at the corner of Eastwood and Highway 10 and an allocation of tax increment funds from the City. Both of these issues are on the Economic Development Authority's agenda for your meeting following the regular City Council meeting. Any decision on the development review may be made contingent on the