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March 18, 2025 Page 3 Regarding Items 1 and 2 for this project, the applicant is seeking a variance from the parking design and supply requirements, based on an assisted living model in which tenants will not be able to drive or have personal vehicles. Minimum parking development on-site is proposed to provide space for residents and occasional visitors. Additional comment on parking supply is provided below. For Item 3, the facility is located on Foss Road, which serves as a minor collector roadway. Transportation for tenants to other locations is anticipated to be handled by outside parties. To ensure that this aspect of the conditions are complied with, considering the low supply of on-site parking, staff will recommend that the facility maintains a policy prohibiting tenants from storing personal vehicles on the property. For Item 4, the unit sizes are shown to be between 336 square feet and 552 square feet in area. The zoning district requires that one-bedroom units are at least 650 square feet is size, but for the allowance for smaller senior units as proposed. In this case, the applicant has indicated that a conversion plan – in the event that the facility ceased to serve only senior/assisted tenants – would likely be the removal of walls combining two units into one, reducing the unit count on the property to 17 total units, and remodeling those to meet the altered market. As designed, this conversion would meet the requirements of the ordinance if it were to become a reality. For item 5, density at 40 units per acre would accommodate a total of 34.4 units. As such, the proposed 34-unit facility fits within the required range. Finally, for Item 6, comments are added to the sections below related to specific issues. 2. Site Plan. The site is arranged to provide a single access point from Foss Road leading to a single- loaded row of parking along the northern edge of the site. The parking lot is separated from the adjoining property line and storm sewer easement by a retaining wall that is shown to be as high as 4.5 feet in height above the existing grade to the north, although the bulk of the wall will be less than 2 feet in height. It is situated so as to avoid an existing catch basin that collects stormwater from the townhome property parking area to the north, and which creates a small encroachment onto the subject property. The site plan design provides a turn-around space at the end of the parking row, and shows a trash enclosure at the end of the drive-aisle. The materials do not detail the trash enclosure, but the code requires that such enclosures are constructed of materials that match those of the principal building, as discussed below. The plan provides a sidewalk along the north side of the building to a patio location at the northeast corner of the building. The plan further includes a deck that would overlook the ponding area and Mirror Lake to the east of the site. That sidewalk connects to the front of the building and to Foss Road. There is no public sidewalk along Foss Road to date. 3. Setback Variance. Two aspects of the site plan require the consideration of variances from the relevant code requirements. The first of these relates to building location, and a request for a side yard setback variance to the south property line of 10 feet, 6 inches, below the standard setback