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. 08/22/96 THU 09:03 FAX ST ANTHONY 0 008 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 20, 1996 Page 8 1 Commissioner Delmonico stated he agreed there were options available to the Hedbergs. 2 Commissioner Franzese noted it was valid to want a two car garage but also was unable to find 3 undue hardship or extraordinary circumstances. 4 Commissioner Makowske agreed. 5 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Horst,to recommend City Council deny the request fora 5 6 foot side yard setback variance.William and Evelyn Hedberg, 2509 - 30th Avenue N.E. as the 7 Commission is unable to demonstrate an undue hardship,there are no unusual physical 8 characteristics of the land, no extraordinary circumstances exist, and City Ordinance for this lot 9 pertains to all other lots in the area and does not cause the problem. 10 Motion carried unanimausl_y.. 11 Chair Bergstrom noted this item will be addressed at the August 27, 1996 City Council meeting. 12 13 D. St Anthony Health Care Center.Mike Miller(96-10). 14 1. . Conditional Use Permit. • 15 2. Parking Setback Variance. 16 3. Lot Coverage Variance. 17 4. Rear Yard Setback Variance. 18 5. Side Yard Setback Variance. 19 Chair Bergstrom opened the public hearing at 8:07 P.M. 20 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported Mike NS'iller,Administrator and owner of the St. Anthony Health Care 21 Center has filed an application for a Conditional Use Permit in order to build an addition to the St. 22 Anthony Health Care Center that will expand the size of the nursing home and assisted living 23 health care center. The proposed addition will have two floors which will add 16,000 square feet 24 for the nursing home and another 16,000 on the second floor for assisted living units. The 25 proposed conditional use is a use that is specifically listed in the City's Zoning Ordinance as .26 - permitted in this zoning district- 27 The owners recently received approval from the State of Minnesota to expand the size of the 28 facility so as to accommodate the construction of 2-bed rooms that will replace the current 4-bed 29 rooms. The approval is required before any nursing home facility can expand and it was 30 determined by the State that St. Anthony Health Care Center was most in need of expanding by 31 assigning their application first priority. The facility will not be increasing the number of beds, 32 only the number of rooms, which will provide more livable space and privacy to the residents of 33 the facility. 34 The St. Anthony Health Care Center has been operating at this site for 29 years in the same • 35 capacity. Despite the long history this facility has in the City, the Center has not been shown to