7C, Planning Case 12-019 - Master and Final PUD at 1201 County Road E

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additional 100 s.f. for each bedroom. Unit Type #of Units % SF Range Min. SF # That Meet Required Requirements Efficiency 21 28% 356-483 600 0 1-Bedrooms 5 7% 568-914 700 2 2-Bedrooms 18 24% 730 800 0 3-Bedrooms 31 41% 1,100 900 31 42 of the 75 units would not meet the minimum size requirements. It should be noted that as a pre-existing hotel being converted into residential apartments, there are structural challenges that would not exist if the building were a new construction project. Furthermore, the proposal does include substantially more usable common and leisure area than the minimum zoning requirements, which may off-set the need for larger unit sizes. In addition, the target market for the units is likely to be younger people and students, who may not desire larger unit sizes. Efficiency Apartments The Zoning Code requires that the number of efficiency apartments in a multi-family building shall not exceed 15%. The proposed plan would have 28% of the units be efficiencies. The existing hotel building lends itself structurally to efficiency units, and the applicant is requesting flexibility on this item in order to allow at least 75 residential units to make the project financially feasible. Western Access Drive Staff has discussed options for providing a more adequate access to serve the three properties lying west of the Holiday Inn site. Staff has provided a concept layout of how the shared access would operate (Attachment D). The layout indicates that up to 20 feet of the western most side of the former Holiday Inn property may be required to accommodate the new drive aisle, and that this would eliminate up to 22 parking stalls from the west and north side of the proposed site plan. However, the applicant is requesting 28 stalls in the front of the building which encroach 6 feet in the front setback, and staff has been able to identify 7 additional stalls which might be possible with the concept layout, creating a net increase of 13 parking stalls on the site with the shared access layout. Staff has added condition language pertaining to the shared western access that would require the applicant to submit revised plans prior to the approval of the development agreement that would incorporate the shared access layout on the western side of the property. The applicant would then construct their portion of the shared access, including parking island and stall City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for December 17, 2012 P:IPlanningWIanning Cases12012112-019-1201 County Road E-PUD MAster and Final Plan112-17-12-Holiday Inn-CC Memo.docx Page 5 of 10