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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Resolution 58-82MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 58-82 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE AMENDING TO CHAPTER 40 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View has received a request to construct a 40 unit senior citizen housing project; and WHEREAS, the Mounds View Municipal. Code does not address design criteria for senior citizen housing in its zoning sections; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds the need to regulate these types of developments from a zoning perspective; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has met, and is recommending, that senior citizen housing be included as a conditional use in an R-4 residential district; and WHEREAS, following surveys conducted of other senior citizen •projects in the metropolitan area, the Planning Commission has established a definition for senior citizen housing and also specific parking requirements; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following code clarifications are being recommended: 40.02, Subd. B (all definitions following senior citizen housing would be renumbered) Senior Citizen Housing. A residential housing development, or that portion of a housing development, in which 60 percent or more of the units are designed for occupancy by individu- als over 60 years of age or by an elderly couple with one or both members over 60 years of age (40.13, Subd. D). 40.07, Subd. H (28) Senior Citizen Housing. At least a total of one Cl) space per housing unit including not less than one (1) designated handicapped space per handicapped housing unit and at least 25% of the total spaces shall be no less than 11' by 20' or equivalent angle stall, including the designated handicapped spaces. 40.13, Subd. D • (4) Senior Citizen Housing. Mounds View Planning Commission Resolution No. 58-82 Page 2 • a. Sixty percent or more of the units, exclusive of any occupied by the caretaker, shall be designated for occupancy by the elderly for a duration of at least ten years. No amendment to the conditional use permit that changes the designation of these units for occupancy by the elderly shall be made within ten years. Any such amendment after ten years must be adopted by a 4/5 vote of the members of the City Council. b. If required: by the City, the owner of the property shall record a covenant on the property executed in a form approved by the City which indicates the fact that the property is designated for occupancy by the elderly. d. The development provides for a lounge or other inside common areas amounting to at least 15 square feet for each unit. e. The development is provided with other special features which meet the needs of low and moderate income elderly persons. ' f. The site shall be of adequate size to accommodate the required number of parking spaces should the facility convert to other R-4 permitted uses, and will meet the requirements of Section 40.05, "Yard Requirements". Adopted this 4th day of August, 1982. ATTEST: � r C ha i. rtm2 (SEAL) •Pub 'c Works/Conity Development r Dictor C. The development is assisted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under one of its programs for housing low and moderate income elderly or such housing is constructed and/or operated by a profit or a non-profit organization which can demonstrate experience and a commitment to housing for the elderly, and provided such agency shall record at least a 20 -year covenant and other land use controls on the property, executed in a form approved by the City, which will limit use of the property or a portion thereof to the occupancy • by the elderly under the terms of the provisions governing senior citizen housing. d. The development provides for a lounge or other inside common areas amounting to at least 15 square feet for each unit. e. The development is provided with other special features which meet the needs of low and moderate income elderly persons. ' f. The site shall be of adequate size to accommodate the required number of parking spaces should the facility convert to other R-4 permitted uses, and will meet the requirements of Section 40.05, "Yard Requirements". Adopted this 4th day of August, 1982. ATTEST: � r C ha i. rtm2 (SEAL) •Pub 'c Works/Conity Development r Dictor