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MEMORANDUM To: Saint Anthony Village City Council From: Stephen Grittman, City Planner Date: May 13, 2025 GC Project No. 140-01 – 25.02 Property Location: 0 Foss Road; PID 31-30-23-44-0040 Request: Conditional Use Permit for a 34-unit Assisted Living Facility in an R-4 District, Variance to required side yard setback, Variance for parking requirements, and Variance to impervious surface coverage for revised parking COUNCIL ACTION Staff and Planning Commission recommend approval of Resolution 25-037 based on the findings therein and with the conditions as specified in said Resolution. The application and the modifications made to the original submission are described in this report. The proposed Resolution encompasses the following applications: 1. Approval of a Conditional Use Permit for a 34-unit Assisted Living Facility in an R-4 District; 2. Approval of a Variance to the Required side yard setback to the south to 10.5 feet as shown on the site plan; 3. Approval of a Variance to Parking Requirements (quantity and requirements for underground) to provide 16 on-site surface parking spaces; and 4. Approval of a Variance to the maximum imperious surface standards, increasing impervious surface to a maximum of 53.8% coverage. BACKGROUND In March, the applicant brought a request for a Conditional Use Permit to develop a new 2-story 34-unit Assisted Living Facility on a 0.86-acre parcel at 0 Foss Road. The parcel is vacant with the exception of a garage building in the southeast corner of the site. That building would be removed as a condition of approval of the project. The applicant has indicated that the building may be removed without impacting other property rights on neighboring land. The project requires a Conditional Use Permit for a senior residential building of between 20 and 40 units per acre. With the CUP, the applicant has prepared a plan that requires approval of a variance to the south (side yard) setback (reducing the setback from 20 feet to 10.5 feet), and a variance to parking requirements, reducing the parking supply from 37 to (originally) 11 parking spaces and waiving the requirement for underground parking on the site. At the public hearing in March, the Planning Commission heard testimony from the applicant related to the project, as well as from neighbors of the property in question. Neighbor testimony raised a number of concerns, including the following: 1. Parking supply on the site, and whether parking demand would flow onto Foss Road – a particular concern due to its already congested on-street parking conditions. 21