CC 03-12-1979 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

M�NUTES OF REGULAR COUNC9L MEETfNG March 12, 1979 Page two Mi@ler reported fihat fhe PBsnning Commiss6on recommends Counci6 approvat of a change from � to 2�ul�dings, afit�ched or ��tached, and a change in unit mtx to 3� one-bed�oom and 42 fro-bed�oam- units, as r'equ�5tede w6fih 3'he Coni'Vnger�Cy tha1� ihe @ ineer �ffect of the Gui@dlrsg be r�duced. Gary Ba68ey presenfed a sk�tch o•f an aB4ernate deveBopment con- figuratto� whtch would bend the bui6ding fa reduce its appearance tn tengfh from th� homes �ho fhe south. BaiBey not@d that ihFs � option vaas suggested by th� City PBanner and seemed to be accep- tah9e fio the Pla�ning Comretsslon; stated that this a9ternate confTguration would a9so be acc�pfab6e to Bai9ey Enterprises. BalBey satd i�h @s #helr und�rs?anding that the POannTng Commission's recommendatton is not to pddn our bulldingQs) buS to guide us dn fhA prepara�FTon of a p0an the Ptanoang Co.mmtssDon r(BE support. . Bai@ey expsained i-hat once 1t ts d�termined whether two or four bul9dings are pr�terrnd, •l-hey wou9d draw plans accordTngBy; Infiend to buiid the 72 �partmeeo� unBts in edfiber case; prefers the twa- bu{Bdtng corocep4 aith coromon sec�►rlty ares becauae fhe larger buTfldings wS91 hays more quaEtty tu3Bt into ihem. BatBey descrtbed the praposed three-stnry buied6ngs to be approxi- mate0y 27 feef in helght, mlth brlsk exterior; Bength of each three- story bui6siing Is approximate0y @96 �eet, connected Dy a one-story secur6ty area. ___Cri.eh�on quert_ed as to what changes have occurred slnce l973, to make tao butBd�ngs b�iter than fou� buBBdings; four-buiiding apart- ment concept was �ppar�ni�y consBd�red a raasonab8e Band use gradaYion bsfive�an sing0e-garo6ly dwe61ing5 and commerciaE uses and to @Imif the sca0e of �Phe apartment structures to make them more compatib9e wTth adJacenf homes. WTngert noted fihat fhe 4raeesition between s6ng8e�famBBy homes and th� commercial area was � sfirang reason #or Counet�°s appraval of 4h• four apartmen4 buiBdBngs on thts site vrhen Hunters Park pas approved. Crichton queried eohefiher the Sxo buiBding concept wouBd have also bean considered an ap�ropriai�e transition fram the res6denfiiaB to th• commercia�. Hanson asked if underground garag�s couBd b� a cons8deration. BroCBe said, to put garages underneath the 6ub9dings would cost 2-2}tlmes the cost o� d�tached g�rages; not sure the site jusfi0fibs underground garages, but wiSP &ook tnto Tt; but@dings, as pro- posed have no basements; firsY floor 9s at grade; heating, 9aundry etc,.are locatad in fhe one-siory area connecting the tero buildings. Qrichton suggested that if the foar buf8ding concepf is not good, perhaps sing0e»famiBy homes should be consEdered. 4doodburn safd that ha �rou8d prefer no apartmsnfs in Ardert HiBBs; appareni@y thera is no way we can pr�vent the four-buiiding apart- m�nt comp9ex on thia site; persona86y prefers 4Ae txa-build@ng concept to four buitdings; cons�ders the garages as the eys-sore, not the apartmenta; asked (f garsges are proposed tor each of the � 72 apartm�nt units. Bat9�y sald garages ara pe°oposed finitia&@y tor f of the units; proposes that at time they �re sold as condominTums, aB@ wi1B have , a garage. �lingert satd hg do�s no# see fihe advantagm of t�o build9ngs over four; undergo�aund par6cTog may reldevs Th� site cnnJesfTon; does not feel the proposed bui�dPng confTgurat600 provides the City �ny advaefiages over th� four-buiBding decentralized 800k. , Woodburn sadd he fae�s fMo bui9dings are ^Bess busy" and e less obtruslve us� of the sTte. -Z -