RES 13-025 Approving a Site Plan for Senior Landing

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amendment/update to the PUD Development Agreement for the construction of a 172 -unit affordable senior housing development; and WHEREAS, after review, said application was found to be complete by City staff, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the request based on the related documents shown in the Applicants' application at their regular meeting on January 28, 2013; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the request; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village approves the Applicants' site plan approval request based on the following findings: 1. The requested approval of the site plan is consistent with all the standards for granting a Revision and/or Change to a PUD for a "minor change in location, placement, and height" as described in Section 152.206 of the St. Anthony Village Zoning Code. More specifically, the City Council finds that the requested site plan approval is justified for the following reasons: a. The Applicant is proposing to use their property in a reasonable manner as permitted by the zoning code and Final Development Plans as approved. By developing the site as affordable senior apartment, the Applicant is fulfilling a portion of the intent of the overall Redevelopment Plan of the Northwest Quadrant Area. b. Granting site plan approval is consistent with the City's comprehensive land use plan and is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City's Code relating to protecting the use districts. The use of the property will be consistent with the approved Final Development Plan, the Phase III Redevelopment Agreement, as well as the existing surrounding developments. c. The proposed site layout and building design have been sited in such a way that they should not pose a negative visual impression on neighboring property. Building design, layout, parking, landscaping, access drives, lighting, and trash storage were all studied and analyzed during original PUD Development Plan review and approval, as well as during each subsequent Redevelopment Agreement. As studied and approved previously, the Applicant's proposed development does not appear that it will create impacts to adjacent property with regard to water drainage, parking and access drives, lighting or trash storage that weren't previously designed for or studied. d. There are no known unique geologic, geographic and historically significant conditions on site.