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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes January 19, 2021 Page 7 1 Commissioner Morita asked Mr. Grittman regarding the call out on one of the slides about 2 building height and that Code is 35 feet and three stories. He wondered if that Code was in 3 reference to the existing Code and not PUD or is that PUD and the developer is asking for an 4 exception to the PUD Code. Mr. Grittman explained the Code he was referencing was 5 actually the R4 Zone Code. If the City were to do any straight zoning on this property as an 6 R4 project then the maximum height in that District is 35 feet or three stories. The PUD Zone 7 Code does not have a defined height requirement and is an area of flexibility that the 8 applicants are seeking under the PUD. He referenced the R4 District for comparison and does 9 not technically apply to this property since it is not zoned that way. 10 11 Commissioner Morita indicated he heard one of the residents ask if this sets a precedent for 12 building height on the adjacent property. He thought every situation is addressed individually 13 and by allowing this PUD here, it does not grandfather in a building taller or something else in 14 the adjacent property. Mr. Grittman indicated that was correct, particularly with PUD Zoning, 15 each project stands on its own and the City looks to the guidance of the Comprehensive Plan 16 generally, but each project has to prove out its own benefits and its own advantages in 17 compliance with City Development Goals. There is not precedential aspect to this project that 18 would apply to any other project in the City. 19 20 Chair Westrick asked what the height was of the Kenzie Terrace property. Mr. Grittman 21 indicated he did not know the height of hand. 22 23 Chair Westrick indicated she did know from past proposals that the ground water issue is of 24 concern and wondered how with underground parking is there any concern about the high- 25 water tables and how did they plan to dewater or work around that. Mr. Wall indicated the 26 architect could probably better answer this, but the developer has been aware of this and in 27 designing and laying it out, how they would construct it where the water table will not be an 28 issue. 29 30 Mr. Link Wilson stated they have looked into the water table at this location. One of the 31 strategies is to have a double drain tile. There would be a drain tile on the inside facing the 32 footing and one on the outside facing the footing. Part of the site will drain to an internal 33 sump which then, if water gets too high in a rain situation, can be pumped to the surface but 34 they will also have the ability to drain some of that tile on the south to the stormwater pond to 35 the south. This has been taken into consideration and also having a membrane below the slab, 36 which does two things, if there is moisture it can be moved to the outside parameter but also 37 from the Bremer Bank site they know that there was dry clay in there and most of that is 38 percolating to the east. He noted if they do find particulate matter that is under the garage, 39 having an underground garage is the best thing because there is air moving through the garage 40 24/7. He thought they had both the environmental issues and the moisture issues 41 contemplated with the underground garage. 42 43 Chair Westrick indicated part of this proposal is asking for a variance over the current Code. 44 She asked in regard to the parking spots, it seemed like there are a lot of parking spaces for 45 what the description said and there might not be a lot of cars. She wondered if some of the 46 impervious area could be reduced by reducing parking. She also noted there was discussion