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Case Number: 912-7� Augusi 6, 1975 -� � ' Page 7wo 3o This specific request for variance and Special Use Permit are as followS: R. Minimal Foot Areao Section 7.900 of the Zoning Code estab7ishes a minimum �loor area of 700 square feet per o�e-bedroom apartment. This regulation was written Zn 1959 and was �at intended �o apply to one-bedroam housing �or the elderly. The applicant proposes ta build most of the units with 527.6 square feet, and with several elder3y units for the handi-capped with 570.13 sq�are feet. Examination of the detai� f7oor plan suggests that with this square foatage, the architecis indeed planned a very appropriate u�it for up to two elderly persons per unit. 8. Parking Variance: Sect}an 7_Q80 of the Zoning Code as amended in the late '60's requires two parking spaces per unit wzth one space per unit being enclosed. For typical apartment development af the character and quality built in Rosevil7e in the last ten years, we have fo�nd this �a b� an appropriate and rea5onable sta�dard. Again however, this standard was not intended ta apply to housing for the elder3y. It has.been my experience that a siandard of one parking space �er each two units is appropriate in a quasi-comm�rcial location such as is proposed here contig�ous to a bus 7ine. As you know, Bus 346 of the Metro Transit passes the_corner of Larpenteur and Lexington once each hour with service to Har-Mar Mal7 and Rosedale, a�d dotivn Larpenteur to Arcadia to transfer to Ste Paul ro�tes. The app7icant propases to build 75 parking spaces which is 25 less than previously proposed in �972. �e feel that_the 75 spaces will be adequate but that approval of a site plan included - conditions that if addiiional spaces are needed that the appiicant agrees to.construct such spaces- upon written notification fram the City. ihere is adeyuaie spaee on the site to expand the parking to up �0 300 spaces with� out requiring a variance for yard requirements,_etc. Because the building is to be six storles tail with a minimum of graund coverage, ihere is_a great deal of open� spac� avai 1 abl e an the si te.- _- �- C. Floor Area Rat�o:- Sect�on 7.3.7d, paragraph(2) sets a_ maximum ratio of floor area to ]and area of .50. Th�t is �o say, tf�at on a 100,000 square -foot lot, there coui:d be a maximum of 50,Q00 sqare feet of apartmeni space. 7he floor area ratio for the proposed project_ is .5667. This difference is inconsequential. The • standard was of coUrse set for typical suburban apartment development, assuming family occupancy.