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• REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION Meeting Date: July 21, 1999 Staff Report by: James Ericson, Planning Associate Planning Case No.: 559-99, 560-99 Request: The applicant is requesting a Rezoning and Conditional use permit for an assisted living senior residential facility on vacant land behind Super America. Petitioner: MSP Real Estate Location: 2670 County Road I (Vacant lot behind Super America) PIN No. 07-30-23-11-0040 Present Zoning/Land Use: B-2, Limited Business Commercial / Vacant land Attachments: Location Map Site Plan, Option 1 Site Plan, Option 2 Assisted Living Background Information Background: MSP Real Estate has made application to rezone the vacant property located at 2670 County Road I from B-2, Limited Business Commercial, to R-4, High -Density Residential, and for a conditional use permit to construct and operate an assisted living senior residential facility. According to the applicant, the residents would be elderly and unable to care for themselves, some of whom may have Alzheimer's Disease or other forms of elderly dementia. The proposal would fall under the zoning requirements as outlined in Section 1109.04, Subdivision 2, pertaining to "Nursing homes and other similar group housing". This request was discussed at the Planning Commission's last meeting on July 7, 1999, at which time many issues were raised related to this application. Many of these issues will be addressed in this report and others will be addressed orally at the Commission meeting. Discussion Based on the discussions at the last Planning Commission meeting, there are four main issues of concern with regard to this project. The first two, parking and access, are issues that pertain more to the site plan than the use itself, and as such, may be less relevant to the request at hand than the other two items for discussion --tax generation and rezoning impacts. Staff believes that all of the issues can be addressed to the satisfaction of all involved parties --the Planning Commission, the neighboring residents, and the applicant.