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Description of the Request (or a separate detailed narrative explaining the project) Nou Vang is the owner of Able View Senior Living and is in need of expanding his business. He has located a site in St. Anthony of 37,229 SF, or .8547 acres, on Foss Road. The PIN is 313023440040. The site address is shown as two possible addresses, 0 Foss Rd NE or 3765 Foss Rd NE. Mr. Vang is looking to build a new building that will consist of 34 units of Assisted Living for the elderly. To allow this use on this property the city requires a Conditional Use Permit which is what we are applying for. We also are applying for two variances, as follows: Variance #1 includes a side yard setback variance on the south property line from the required setback of 15' to a proposed setback of 10' 6". The reason for the variance is due to an existing storm sewer structure the city had placed on this property to collect stormwater from a neighboring property to the north. In order to work around this structure, it was suggested by city staff to move our building to the south to not affect the storm structure and ask for the variance. Variance #2 is to ask for a variance from the required parking for a senior living facility. The requirement is 1 stall for every 1.1 units and that a certain percentage of those stalls need to be provided for underground or under roof. This facility is an assisted living facility, not a standard senior housing facility. As a result, the residents do not own cars, nor do they drive. To provide 1.1 stalls per unit would be an abundance of parking stalls that would never get used, nor ever be needed. We initially proposed 11 parking stalls on site, and due to the concern of planning commission members, have now increase the parking stall count to 16 stalls. The highest amount of staff on duty at one time will be 5 so 11 of the remaining stalls is intended for shift change needs along with visitors and/or deliveries. A detailed analysis of the types of senior housing that are available, versus what is proposed on this site, is attached to this submittal. It also gives greater detail to the parking specifics as well as compare other projects completed by the architect, along with other projects completed in St. Anthony. Variance #3 is to ask for a variance from the impervious surface requirement of 50%. As a result of the concern for adding more parking by the planning commission, the additional 5 staffs added has caused a 4.3% variance need for impervious surface. Our impervious surface is now 54.3% and the city requirement is 50%. Planning commission indicated a willingness for this minor variance in exchange for the peace of mind in having more parking on site. This was under the condition that the city engineer would be accepting of this variance and that the additional impervious would not be causing any negative impacts on the site in regards to drainage and ponding. We have sent this information to the city engineer and have not heard back yet from them at the time of this submittal. At the planning commission meeting there were also concerns by neighbors to the townhome development to the north on several things of which our current submittal plans have addressed. First, is we have shown a covered trash enclosure to better conceal the sites and smells from the townhome property owners. The second is that we have added a hedge along the north property line to provide a visual screen between the townhome property and our development. City staff also recommended changes to our plans that have been incorporated into this resubmittal. They were adding additional detail to the south elevation of our building along with additional landscaping along the building perimeter on the south side of the building. We feel this development would be a great fit for the city of St. Anthony and we appreciate your consideration to allowing our Conditional Use, and accepting our three variance requests. PDF Attachment 1 (if needed) Able View Parking Analysis.pdf PDF Attachment 2 25005 - Able Assited Living Civil CDs 03-31-25.PDF If Needed