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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 09/13/99 ITEM NO: I-I Agenda Section: ~~and Use Request by Northwestern College for CONCEPT approval of an amendment to PUD #1124 and approval of the DRAFT PUD Agreement amending PUD Agreement # 1124 allowing construction of a four (4) story office and radio building versus the previously identified 3 story building, encompassing 40,000 square feet versus the previously identified 27,000 square feet, and including a parking deck. (PF3144) 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 Northwestern College is requesting concept approval of an amendment ofPUD #1124 and an amendment to the former PUD Agreement allowing an increase in square footage and height of their proposed office/radio building on the southwest parcel at the intersection of Lydia Avenue and Snelling Avenue. The purpose of the amendment is to accommodate the construction of a four-story, 40,000 square foot office and radio building for KTSI and Presbyterian Homes, including surface level parking and a single story parking deck. 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 Northwestern College owns the parcel located in the southwest comer of Lydia Avenue and Snelling Avenue. This parcel was part of the original PUD (#1124), however, the initial proposal included a three-story building encompassing 27,000 Square feet. The comer parcel, for purposes of this PUD amendment, will be combined with the residence Hall and the current parking lot to create the limit of the proposed development, including the office/radio structure, parking lot and parking deck area. 2.2 The Comprehensive plan designates the property as Business. Adjacent land uses include Northwestern College to the north; single family residential, the 7-story Eagle Crest facility and 3-story senior apartment facility to the west and southwest; the 3-112 story Country Inn PF3144 - RCA (091399)a,doc Page 1 of 5