Agenda Packets - 2022/11/28 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Resolution 9654 Page 5 of 7 FINDING: Based on Staff's analysis of population per household data analysis provided by the Metropolitan Council, Staff estimates the 140-unit apartment building will be home to 343 residents, including 72 residents that are school -age. # of units Age 0-4 Age 5-17 Age 18+ Total 1-bedroom 35 1.19 1.54 43.51 2-bedroom 70 16.31 25.62 120.05 3-bedroom 35 15.23 44.38 74.73 TOTAL 140 33 72 238 343 Source: Metropolitan Council summarization of American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), 2015-2019 The use will not create an excessive burden to public services. 11. The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and there will be no deterrence to development of vacant land; FINDING: The project is adjacent to (east & west) single-family homes. Homes to the west will be screened by coniferous trees, 8' in height, growing about 1' per year to a mature height of 40' — 60'. The building height is 42' — 54'. Screening along the west property line is sufficient. Homes to the east will be screened by a combination of a retaining walls and fence, with a total height ' - Screening along the east property line is insufficient, but acceptable considering the eastern properties are guided for redevelopment. Development of the apartment building will not deter development of vacant or underutilized land (e. g. eastern properties). 12. The structure and site shall have an appearance that will not have an adverse effect upon adjacent residential properties; FINDING: The project will be constructed consistent with plans submitted by Kaas Wilson Architects, dated October 7, 2022, as reviewed by the Planning Commission (November 2, 2022) and City Council (November 28, 2022). 13. The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to the overall needs of the city and to the existing land use; FINDING: The use (140-unit apartment building) is needed, in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, specific to providing affordable housing (will reduce the City's 2021-2030 Allocation of Need by [14] units). Further, development of this vacant land as an apartment building is consistent with redevelopment of this block along Mounds View Boulevard, since 2014. 14. The use is consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate the proposed use; FINDING: The use (140-unit apartment building) is consistent with Mounds View City Code Chapter 160 (Zoning), will approval of a Zoning Map Amendment, Final Plat, CUP/PUD, and Development Review. The use is consistent with the proposed zoning (PUD).