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August 28, 2017 Page 2 Lowry Avenue (the site of the former mobile home park) and 2501 Lowry Avenue (the current site of Bremer Bank). DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST The site under re-development consideration is approximately 17.26 acres located on the southwestern edge of the city of St. Anthony at 2501 Lowry Avenue and 2401 Lowry Avenue (see enclosed site location map). Bremer Bank (2 stories) is located on the southwestern-most corner of the property and has been added as part of the re-development plan since the review of the sketch plan. The preliminary plat and PUD preliminary development submittal proposes a residential redevelopment that includes several housing types, styles, and ownership models. There are a total of 833 housing units proposed on the site, comprised of five buildings of multifamily housing and 32 for-sale townhome units. Buildings A and C include 300 units of senior housing; Buildings B and D together are proposed to have 391 market-rate apartments; and Building E includes 110 units of affordable housing. Buildings A and B, set back behind the townhomes on the west side of the development, are proposed to be 55 feet in height (5 stories). Buildings C, D and E are proposed at 66 feet (6 stories). The redevelopment proposal includes two stormwater retention ponds and a stormwater infiltration basin feature. Lot 2 Block 2 contains a 1.4-acre park with a six-foot sidewalk trail connecting Roads A and B. There are six-foot sidewalks along each of the proposed roadways. There are a total of 1,122 designated parking stalls proposed for the development. These include 988 enclosed parking stalls (64 of these are associated with townhome garages), 72 surface stalls (associated with Building E) and 62 on street parking stalls associated with roadway bump-outs across the development site. The Village, LLC has submitted the following requests with their land use application for the redevelopment plan for 2401 and 2501 Lowry Avenue: • Two Comprehensive Plan Amendments: o A comprehensive plan amendment to the High Density Residential district to accommodate a higher proposed density on the site. The overall site density is proposed as 48 units per acre. The current comprehensive plan allows a maximum density of 40 units per acre in areas guided for High Density Residential. o At 2401 Lowry Ave, a comprehensive plan amendment to change the guided land use from Commercial to High Density Residential. • Rezoning request to change the zoning of the site from R1 – Single Family Residential (at 2501 Lowry Avenue) and C – Commercial (at 2401 Lowry Avenue) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). A Planned Unit Development (PUD) preliminary development plan review is also requested, in accordance with the rezoning request. • Preliminary Plat review for their re-development plan for 2401 and 2501 Lowry Avenue; a preliminary plat submission must include certain required elements to be considered for complete review. Each of the components of the applicant’s land use request was accompanied by a separate narrative written by the applicant, and included as attachments. 6