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Orchard Hill Senior Housing Community - Site Plan Page 2 B. Existing Site Characteristics The property is currently vacant and is generally flat. 3. BACKGROUND: At its February 3, 2014, meeting the City Council approved a Preliminary Plat and PUD for a development to be known as Lavalle Fields. The PUD included a senior housing and a multi- family residential development. The site plan for the senior housing facility is proposed on a lot within the plat for Lavalle Fields and is Phase 1 of the development. The PUD allowed flexibility on the following items: 1. Flexibility to allow senior housing as a land use. 2. Flexibility to allow a density of over 10 units per acre, where a maximum of b units per acre is allowed. 3. Flexibility to allow the building height of 50 feet to accommodate 3 story buildings, where only 35 feet is allowed by ordinance in the underlying zoning district. 4. ANALYSIS: A. Level of City Discretion in Decision -Making The City's discretion in approving or denying a site plan is limited to whether or not the proposed project complies with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If it meets these standards, the City must then approve the site plan. B. Consistency with Ordinance Standards — Site Plan The application complies with the ordinance standards as follows: Building Setbacks The building setbacks for the PUD are proposed as follows: For portions of the building that are over 35 feet in height: o 50 feet from all exterior property lines, except the areas that abut a public street right- of -way. • 30 feet from exterior property lines. • 30 feet from all public street right -of way. • 10 feet from all interior property lines. The site plan meets all building setback requirements.