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MEMORANDUM DATE: 07/07/03 MEETING DATE: 07/15/03 TO: Chair Melsha & Planning Commission Members FROM: Susan M.H. Hall, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: Autumn Woods PUD Amendment Requested Action: President Paul Brewer of LaNel Financial Group, representing Autumn Woods II LP, met with Planning Commission members at the December 2002 meeting concerning their preliminary plans for construction of a housing development called Autumn Wood Villas slated for the 2500 block of Kenzie Terrace. They are returning with final development plans on July 15 for a public hearing to amend their existing PUD for an additional 38 units of adult rental housing. Background: LaNel Financial Group proposes to develop a market rate senior rental townhouse style building on the former city-owned single-family lots of 2534, 2538, 2542, 2546, and 2548 Kenzie Terrace. The plan submitted by the developer shows a total of 38 units with 1 and 2 bedroom units, along with various common activity and recreation areas. There will be both exterior and interior entrances to units. Autumn Woods II has requested to- amend its existing (adjacent) Planned Unit Development (PUD). A PUD offers flexibility for both them and the City. In exchange for not meeting typical code requirements, the City might ask for extra landscaping or lighting, for example. There is give and take in a PUD arrangement. The proposed building will have three stories with 35 underground parking spaces. In addition, seven surface parking spaces are shown on the site plan. For apartments buildings, City code requires at least two parking spaces per unit, at least one of which is enclosed. By this, the developer is short three enclosed parking spaces, plus an additional 31 parking spaces. With a PUD, the developer is not required to have this amount of spaces; however, the information is given as a backdrop to typical city requirements. The developer should speak to why the proposed number of parking spaces is enough to fulfill the needs of the development. Another code requirement related to parking of note is that there must be a firewall between every four parking stalls. The development plan shows an encroachment into the side yard setback, although Autumn Woods does own the adjacent property. All other required typical setbacks are met although with a PUD keep in mind there is departure from the strict application of such requirements. A big advantage of a PUD is that it can maximize the development potential of land. According to the developer, the apartments will have individual entries to the street and courtyard on the first floor and also to a center hall that will access the underground heated garage. The building exterior will closely match the adjacent and existing Autumn