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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 13-025 Approving a Site Plan for Senior LandingCITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 13-025 RESOLUTION APPROVING A SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED SENIOR LANDINGS AT SILVER LAKE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony Village received a request from the Applicants BKV Group on behalf of St. Anthony Leased Housing Associates II, LLC for site plan approval for the construction of a 172 -unit affordable senior housing development to be constructed at the now vacant land and building owned by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Anthony Village and Apache Redevelopment LLC on January 4, 2013, legally described as follows: LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, HUEBACK ADDITION AND LOT 5, BLOCK I, SILVERLAKE VILLAGE TOGETHER WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE ROADWAY AND UTILITY EASEMENT AND CONTAINED IN DECLARATION OF EASEMENTS DATED OCTOBER 19, 2004, FILED OCTOBER 20, 2004, OR DOCUMENT NO. 3801282. RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA. WHEREAS, on September 23, 2003, the City of St. Anthony Village approved the Preliminary Development Plan and Final Development Plan for the Northwest Quadrant area (Silver Lake Village); and WHEREAS, a major component of the overall Redevelopment Plan for the Northwest Quadrant Area is to redevelop blighted areas, prevent the emergence of blight, and foster an increase in commercial development providing jobs, create new rental housing, particularly low and moderate income rental housing, and create new for sale housing appropriate for various life stages of the City's residents and not currently available of the City, and WHEREAS, on August 10, 2010, the City of St. Anthony Village approved the Phase III Redevelopment Agreement by and Among the City of St. Anthony Village, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Anthony and Apache Redevelopment, LLC for the redevelopment of the property as senior apartment style living at an affordable level, legally described above; and WHEREAS, on February 22, 2012, the City of St. Anthony approved a resolution supporting an application to Ramsey County for Grant Funds for the Landings Senior Rental Project in the City of St. Anthony Village; and WHEREAS, on June 12, 2012, the City of St. Anthony Village approved a purchase and sale agreement for real property by and among the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of St. Anthony Village and St. Anthony Leased Housing Associates II, Limited Partnership; and WHEREAS, on January 04, 2013, BKV Group on behalf of St. Anthony Leased Housing Associates II, LLC, submitted an application to the City for site plan approval and an amendment/update to the PUD Development Agreement for the construction of a 172 -unit affordable senior housing development; and WHEREAS, after review, said application was found to be complete by City staff, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered the request based on the related documents shown in the Applicants' application at their regular meeting on January 28, 2013; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the request; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village approves the Applicants' site plan approval request based on the following findings: 1. The requested approval of the site plan is consistent with all the standards for granting a Revision and/or Change to a PUD for a "minor change in location, placement, and height" as described in Section 152.206 of the St. Anthony Village Zoning Code. More specifically, the City Council finds that the requested site plan approval is justified for the following reasons: a. The Applicant is proposing to use their property in a reasonable manner as permitted by the zoning code and Final Development Plans as approved. By developing the site as affordable senior apartment, the Applicant is fulfilling a portion of the intent of the overall Redevelopment Plan of the Northwest Quadrant Area. b. Granting site plan approval is consistent with the City's comprehensive land use plan and is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City's Code relating to protecting the use districts. The use of the property will be consistent with the approved Final Development Plan, the Phase III Redevelopment Agreement, as well as the existing surrounding developments. c. The proposed site layout and building design have been sited in such a way that they should not pose a negative visual impression on neighboring property. Building design, layout, parking, landscaping, access drives, lighting, and trash storage were all studied and analyzed during original PUD Development Plan review and approval, as well as during each subsequent Redevelopment Agreement. As studied and approved previously, the Applicant's proposed development does not appear that it will create impacts to adjacent property with regard to water drainage, parking and access drives, lighting or trash storage that weren't previously designed for or studied. d. There are no known unique geologic, geographic and historically significant conditions on site. e. Allowing the development as proposed is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City's Code, the PUD Master Plans, and the Redevelopment Agreement relating to promoting orderly development and redevelopment. f. Allowing the development as proposed is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City's Code, the PUD Master Plans and the Redevelopment Agreements relating to preventing congestion in public streets. While it is recognized that the project will increase the amount of vehicular and pedestrian movements in the area, the project will remain consistent with the PUD Development Plans, Redevelopment Agreement, and the City's Comprehensive Plan relating to traffic volumes and circulation. g. Allowing the proposed development is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the City's Code, PUD Development Plans, and the Redevelopment Agreements to provide for compatibility of different land uses. The project will have no impact on land use compatibility and will be developing as planned. NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council's approval of the site plan is contingent on the following: 1. The Applicant shall obtain all necessary permits and approvals prior to beginning construction. 2. The proposed development shall be constructed in accordance with the Redevelopment Agreement, to be entered into by the City and the developer. 3. The Applicant shall address all comments outlined in the Planner and Engineer's Staff Report dated February 6, 2013 (Exhibit A). 4. The trash and recycling dumpsters shall be kept wholly within the building at all times, except during the time of trash and recycling collection. 5. The Applicant shall work with the City Planner to update the landscape plan to include a landscape buffer between the private drive along the west side of the property and the gas station property further to the west as well as to address the issue of bicycle parking prior to issuance of a building permit. APPROVED in the regular session of the City Council o February 12, 2013. Randy Stille, yor Tem ATTEST: Barbara Suci , ity Clerk Review for Administration: / V Mark Casey, CityManager