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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — June 27, 2011 11 7.A. Planning Case 11 -011— Select Senior Living PUD & Plat (continued) City Planner Beekman stated the Fire Department has looked at the site and proposal and the appropriate changes have been made to the plan and they have signed off on it. Councilmember Werner asked how many employees would be at the facility. Mr. Larson stated there would be approximately 35 employees total with 25 of these employees being on the first and second shifts. Mayor Grant clarified the items the Council needed to resolve included the lighting and lighting plan, the need for a sewer grinder, the issue of the park dedication fee and the accenting for the east wall of the building. He stated he would like to see a grinder installed in the facility right away. Councilmember Holden stated the proposed Zoning Code amendment allows for assisted living and nursing homes. She asked if this facility would change from an assisted living facility to a nursing home and how the Council could prevent this from occurring. She would like to see this facility stay an assisted living facility because these residents would have more interaction with the community and surrounding businesses. City Planner Beekman stated nursing homes could be removed from the proposed Zoning Code amendment and just permit assisted living facilities under the restrictions outlined in the changes. She stated the Council could also restrict the number of units the facility has for memory care. Mr. Larson stated Select Senior Living had no intentions of becoming a nursing home. There may be a need to change the number of assisted care units and memory care units slightly, based on the needs of the residents. Councilmember Holden asked if "nursing homes" could be removed from the ordinance amendment and the number of memory care units at the facility could be limited to an amount less than 50 %. City Planner Beekman stated the City could create caps on the number of memory care units within the development agreement based on a percentage of the total units. City Attorney Jerry Filla stated the City Council could lessen the intensity of the ordinance changes because the public hearing has already been held based on what is being presented at this time. The City Council could not increase the ordinance unless another public hearing was held. He stated he would take the guidance of the Council on the maximum percentage of memory care units they would like to have in the development agreement. MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Mayor Grant seconded a motion to approve Ordinance 2011 -007 amending the Zoning Code to Allow Assisted Living as a Permitted Use within the B -2 District With An Approved Planned Unit Development Based on the Findings of Fact in the June 27, 2011, Memo