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Mounds View Planning Commission August 6, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 2 ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Planning Cases A. DE2008-001, MA2008-002, ZC2008-001, CU2008-001, VR2008-005 Consideration of a Development Review, Major Subdivision, Rezoning, Conditional Use Permit and Variance for a Senior Housing Development Planning Associate Heller reported the applicant, 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. She explained the proposal has five planning actions including: rezone three properties from R-1 Single Family and R-O Residential/Office to R-4 High Density Residential, major subdivision to combine three lots into one parcel (preliminary plat and final plat), conditional use permit to allow senior congregate living in an R-4 zoning district, variances for higher density, smaller unit sizes, reduced parking requirements and a roof overhang setback encroachment and a reduced building setback, and development review of the overall site plan. Three properties would be rezoned with this proposal. One property is currently zoned R-O and the other two are R-1 Single Family. The applicant is requesting that the City rezone these three properties to R-4 high density residential. She stated a rezoning is done by ordinance and requires two readings by the City Council, followed by publication in the newspaper and will go into effect 30 days after publication. The City will process the final plat and rezoning together to eliminate properties being rezoned and then abandoned after the rezoning. Chair Stevenson stated the Planning Commission is currently amending the city code to allow a senior housing PUD with land requirements of under 3 acres and was wondering why the applicant did not wait to have the City consider his proposal with the standards of the new ordinance. Planning Associate Heller stated the timing process of the ordinance amendment did not work for the applicant. She indicated it would push back the timeline for this project over a month and applicant is hoping to break ground yet this year. Commissioner Cramblit stated he agreed because we are amending the PUD ordinance, maybe the applicant could have waited. Planning Associate Heller stated that the earliest the new ordinance would be in effect would be 30 days after the last City Council meeting in September. This would be too late for the applicant to break ground yet this year. Commissioner Cramblit stated it would be in the best interest of the applicant to wait. Planning Associate Heller stated that City staff discussed this issue with the applicant when they made application for the development.