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Page 2 2 The EDA generally agreed that a multi-family residential use on the property may be more viable than commercial uses, since the visibility is not great. They states that there is commercial along CSAH 8 and it does fulfill the vision of the City to have commercial uses along CSAH 8. They states that the property is the back side of the commercial uses and would allow residents to walk to the adjacent commercial uses. One EDA member stated that the City should evaluate apartments in the City, since it does not seem like there is a good plan to allow them. They did have questions about the detached garage spaces and asked why underground parking was not considered. The applicant states that he would like to have lower rent prices and underground parking is a large cost for construction. The EDA did not comment on the overall site plan, but said it needed more work. 3. DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: The applicant, Summit Management LLC, is proposing to construct a 90-unit apartment complex on the west side of a 12.96-acre property, of which 7.75 acres are buildable. The property is located to the south of Rosemary Way N and north of Frenchman Road/CSAH 8, west of Festival Foods. The property is bisected diagonally by a 50-foot wide utility transmission line easement. The applicant is requesting review and comments on a sketch plan for development of the property with an apartment use, where current zoning and land use is commercial. A sketch plan is a way for an applicant to get feedback and unbinding comments on the plan, prior to formal submittal for approval. 4. CONCEPT PLAN: Current Zoning The property is currently zoned General Business district (C-2). The C-2 zoning district is designed to provide commercial services which are oriented toward motorists and require visibility from major roads and high volumes of traffic. Current Land Use The property is guided for Commercial (COM) use in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The Commercial land use designation provides for commercial, office and retail uses generally concentrated along key transportation corridors. General Layout The applicant is showing a proposed 90-unit, 3-story apartment building to be developed in the northwest corner of the parcel. The development would be roughly across from the existing Rosemary Apartments located at 4628 Rosemary Way N. Access to the development would be from Rosemary Way at the northwest and northeast corners of the proposed parking lot. Parking