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Item No:5A Meeting Date: August 6, 2008 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Review and Consideration of a Rezoning, Development Review, Major Subdivision, Conditional Use Permit and Variances for the proposed “Select Senior Living” Senior Housing Development; Planning Cases DE2008-005, MA2008-003, ZC2008-001, CU2008-001, VR2008-005 Introduction: Select Senior Living, represented by Joel Larson, has submitted a planning application for a 96- unit senior housing development on three lots at the northwest corner of County Highway 10 and Groveland Road. The building would have 32 independent living units, 19 memory care units and 45 assisted living units. The developer/applicant has purchase agreements to buy the properties. This proposal involves five planning actions including: 1. Rezone three properties from R-1 Single Family and R-O Residential/Office to R-4 High Density Residential 2. Major Subdivision to combine three lots into one parcel (Preliminary Plat and Final Plat) 3. Conditional Use Permit to allow senior congregate living in an R-4 zoning district 4. Variances for higher density, smaller unit sizes, reduced parking requirements and a roof overhang setback encroachment and reduced building setback. 5. Development Review of the overall site plan Background: The project area is made up of three parcels that equal about 2.38 acres with street frontage and access both onto County Highway 10 and Groveland Road. The area is mostly single family residential homes, although the properties adjacent to the west and north are currently vacant and Steve’s Appliance is across Groveland Road to the east. REZONING DISCUSSION: The applicant is requesting a rezoning of the properties located at 2865 County Highway 10 and 7980 and 8020 Groveland Road to R-4, High Density Residential, to allow for a 96 unit senior housing development. The development site is presently zoned R-1, Single Family Residential and R-O, Residential/Office. The Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map indicates that this site is within a mixed use planned unit development area. Such a designation is intended to allow for some flexibility in redevelopment however with an anticipation that there be a component of both housing and commercial on the site and be master planned for a comprehensive, integrated development looking beyond the project boundaries. Since this proposal would not be on a three- acre site, the applicant could not use the PUD designation.