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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – June 9, 2021 6 Council’s approval allowed the applicant to construct a 192,390 square foot, four (4) story multi- family senior living facility on site. The proposed senior living facility will feature 146 units, with 113 units of independent or assisted living and thirty-three (33) units devoted to memory care. The overall density of the approved project is 20 units per acre. The project also includes such amenities as a pool, library, movie theater, dog run, playground for young visitors, lawn bowling, salon and spa, bistro/bar and onsite physical therapy and wellness services. This facility will staff 80 employees and the anticipated max shift size is 34. Staff will be onsite 24 hours a day. The property is zoned B-2 (General Business District) and is guided as Community Mixed Use (CMU) in the Land Use Plan. The CMU designation allows a maximum density of 20 units per acre. Planning Consultant Kansier reviewed the Proposal and Use, the Plan Evaluation and provided the Findings of Fact for review: 1. The Applicant submitted an application for a Planned Unit Development, Conditional Use Permit, Site Plan and Zoning Amendment. 2. The Subject Property is located within the B-2 General Business District and is guided as CMU, Community Mixed Use on the Land Use Plan. 3. The Subject Property is located on approximately 6.40 acres and currently features open space with a wooded area around the wetlands with a segment of the existing Anderson Center trail system running through the site. 4. The Applicant received approval of a PUD, CUP and Site Plan to construct a 192,390 square foot, 4 story multi-family senior living facility on site. 5. The approved senior living facility features 146 units, with 113 units devoted to independent or assisted living and 33 units devoted to memory care. 6. The applicant is now proposing an amendment to the approved PUD and CUP to increase the number of units to 149, including 120 units devoted to independent or assisted living and 29 units devoted to memory care. 7. The change in units is accommodated within the existing building footprint. No changes are proposed to the site plan or building elevations. 8. Flexibility through the PUD process was granted in the following areas: parking stall count requirements, building height, permitted number of efficiency units and tree mitigation. 9. The proposed development plan meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in the following areas: building setbacks, landscape coverage, parking setbacks, planting islands, tree selection, floor area ratio, drainage wetlands and flood plain tree selection, lighting, screening and aesthetics. 10. Where the plan is not in conformance with the City Code, flexibility has been requested by the Applicant and/or conditions have been placed on an approval that would mitigate the nonconformity. 11. A traffic study was required and was completed by SRF. The proposed development should not generate much additional traffic and is not expected to impact overall traffic operations within the study area. The use does not add enough traffic to require any geometric or traffic control changes. 12. The application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole. 13. Existing public facilities will be able to absorb the additional demand for public services needed for the proposed use.