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. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 01/25/99 ITEM NO: Agenda Section: LAND USE College Properties, Inc. request to amend the land area of the College Properties/Eagle Crest Planned Unit Development to increase the square footage of the Country Inn and Suites Hotel and restaurant. (PF#3094). Manager Approval: 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 College Properties, Inc. is requesting an amendment to the south boundary of the existing College Properties/Eagle Crest Planned Unit Development (PUD) in order to increase land area of the development by approximately 1.2 acres. The purpose of the boundary amendment is to accommodate an expansion of the Country Inn Suites Hotel. The three-story addition, matching the existing hotel building, would add 24 more lodging rooms and a 110 seat restaurant. The existing restaurant, Benjamin's, would be razed and the parking lot reconfigured. 1.2 A planned unit development is a zoning district which may include single or mixed uses, one or more lots or parcels, and is intended to create a more flexible, creative and efficient approach to the use of land. In considering proposed planned unit developments, the City considers all standards and purposes of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan to achieve a maximum coordination between the proposed development and the surrounding uses, the conservation of woodlands and wetlands, and the protection of health, safety and welfare of the community. It has also been the City's policy to use this zoning tool for major redevelopment projects where mixes of new and existing uses or site plan flexibility was necessary to complete the project. 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 College Properties, Inc. has a purchase option on the 1.2 acre Benjamin's site, which is adjacent to the original planned unit development approved by the City in 1993. The Benjamin's property is located in a "B-2" Business zoning district and the Comprehensive Plan designates the property as Business. Adjacent land uses include single family residential to the west across County Ditch No.4; the existing hotel, the Eagle Crest seven story and three story living facility to the north, and a furniture store to the south; with Snelling A venue the border to the east. 2.2 This property is currently.occupied by Benjamin's restaurant. It is possible that the current restaurant operators may move to the new location within the hotel when completed. The approved 1993 PUD site plan showed this site as an adjacent parcel, to be continued as a restaurant. The PUD approval document does not mention any specific conditions (or direction) for the development of this parcel. ~ PF#3094 - RCA (0 l/25/99) - Page I of 4 [ ~ V1