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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 24, 2024 Page 3 1.1 Resolution 24-063 – Approving a Request for an Amendment to the PUD Zoning District 2 for Changes to the Uses and Development Plans in the Kenzie Terrace PUD Overlay 3 District. 4 5 City Planner Steve Grittman reviewed the City Council is requested to consider the proposed 6 amendment to the Planned Unit Development District approval at 2401 Lowry Ave. NE. The 7 original PUD District anticipated development of a 76-unit multi-family project, with an 8 expectation that the proposed project would be a "market-rate affordable" project based on the 9 developer’s description of the project. That project did not go forward. The applicants have 10 purchased the subject property and propose to develop the site under an amendment to the PUD, 11 incorporating changes to the original proposed land use, and a variety of alterations to the 12 building primarily the interior. 13 14 The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the request at its regular meeting on August 15 20, 2024. Additional information on the hearing and the Planning Commission recommendations 16 were provided. The Commission’s recommendation of approval was accompanied by a series of 17 conditions, some of which were added by the Commission as a part of its discussion, and 18 deleting some conditions proposed by Staff to which the applicants expressed opposition. 19 20 Staff’s recommendation is to reincorporate the original staff conditions and add the conditions 21 included by the Planning Commission. If acceptable to the Council, action by the Council would 22 be as follows: 23 Approval of Resolution 24-063 approving an amendment to the Planned Unit 24 Development District at 2401 Lowry Avenue NE, based on the findings of fact in the staff 25 report for this date, and incorporating the conditions of approval in said resolution. 26 27 Mr. Grittman reviewed the project background and timeline in detail providing summaries of the 28 June 2024, July 2024, and August 2024 Planning Commission Meetings. Ultimately, the 29 Planning Commission recommended approval of the PUD amendment, with changed conditions 30 from those of Staff. Staff continues to recommend incorporation of the original conditions as 31 with any PUD, flexibility in site use and other aspects of development from the City’s standard 32 zoning requirements is to be offset by site improvements and project amenities that result in 33 project that furthers the City’s land use goals and objectives. Without the site improvements 34 suggested by Staff (and originally conceptually offered by the applicants), the site would remain 35 in a condition that is not consistent with the City’s standards. 36 37 Mr. Grittman reviewed Staff’s Recommendations. In the initial application, the issue for the City 38 was whether the PUD zoning and the Development Agreement governing the land use on the site 39 should be amended to incorporate a use that was not contemplated by the original PUD approval. 40 41 The amended application expands the proposed use of the site, and – while it varies from the 42 original PUD – the principal use is within the realm of the uses written into the Kenzie Terrace 43 PUD District. Staff believes that the proposed land uses on the site are consistent with the 44 underlying land use planning for this area and subject to site plan notes and appropriate 45 amendments to the zoning district, allowable under the PUD Zoning. 46