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REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> Meeting Date: July 7, 1999 <br /> Staff Report by: " James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Planning Case No.: 559-99, 560-99 <br /> Request: The applicant is requesting a Rezoning and Conditional use permit <br /> • for an assisted living senior residential facility on vacant land behind <br /> Super America. <br /> Petitioner: MSP Real Estate <br /> Location: 2670 County Road I(Vacant lot behind Super America) <br /> PIN No. 07-30-23-11-0040 <br /> Present Zoning/Land Use: B-2, Limited Business Commercial/Vacant land <br /> Attachments: Planning Application <br /> Zoning Map <br /> Location Map <br /> Site Plan <br /> Comp Plan Land Use Map,District 1 <br /> Background: <br /> MSP Real Estate has made application to rezone the vacant Krause-Anderson property located at <br /> 2670 County Road I from B-2, Limited Business Commercial to R-4, High-Density Residential and <br /> for a conditional use permit to construct and operate an assisted living senior residential facility. <br /> According to the applicant, the residents are elderly and unable to care for themselves, many of <br /> whom may have Alzheimer's Disease or other forms of elderly dementia. The proposal would fall <br /> under the zoning requirements as outlined in Section 1109.04, Subdivision 2, pertaining to <br /> • a _ - • I • - -f • • •u. ousing . ac ea is a s a emen o in en - om e <br /> applicant along with a proposed site plan for the development for your review. <br /> Discussion <br /> Rezoning: <br /> The existing Comprehensive Plan for the City of Mounds View designates the subject property as <br /> an area intended for mixed-use planned-unit development. The comp plan is in the process of being <br /> updated, although the proposed land use designation for this area would remain the same. Either <br /> the present B-2 zoning or the R-4 zoning would be consistent with this designation. The present <br /> zoning would allow a commercial use with related traffic flows to operate on this property, which is <br /> across the street from Silver View Park and the Silver Lake Woods townhome development. <br /> • The types of commercial uses that would be allowable in the B-2 district would be retail <br /> establishments such as a liquor store, a music.or record store, video rental, drug store, or a <br /> bakery/deli, among other uses. From a land use planning perspective, it might be more desirable to <br /> have a residential type facility in this location for a number of reasons, which may include: <br />