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.. PLAmiING REPORT DATE : 1 August 1984 CASE NUMBER: 1526-84 APPLICANT: Shorewood Corporation LOCATION: Northwest Corner of Highway 3b and Rice Street Ac:rtON REQUES'i'ED: Rezoning from R-l and R-6 to R-,3A Special Use Permit fOT Structure Greater than 24 Units PI.ABNIftG CtmSlDRRATIOh'S: 1. The member" ')f tbe Phuning Commission and ~ouncil are familiar with this proposal ha\YLng previously acted to &nend the Comprebensive Plan to indicat~ thi~ site as a high density residential land use ratber than the medium der.4ity prE!Viously indicaL.!d On the Comprehens:ve Pll'1'1. The appl ;..:ant is now back with revised site plans, a request to rez<ne . the ldnd, and an appli~ation f~r B special use permit for a 61 unit building. 2. Tbe R-3A Zone limits structures to a maximum of 24 units, but allows structures with a greater number of units (in 8 single buildiug) by special use permit. The intent of the Ordinance is not ue-;easarily to lUnit the number of units, ~ut to allo~ the City to review such proposals by the special use permit proceRS. This process also applies if structures are built higher th~n three stories. In this case, the heia~ is not in question inasmuch as t~e building does not exceed three stories ~n height. The R-34 District requires 1,700 square feet of land for each one bedroom unit and 2,500 square feet for each tw~ bedroom UQit. There are 20 oue bedroom units and 41 two bedroom units requiring 136,500 square feet of h.nd. The property 's 3.6 acres which eql.1als 156,815 square feet, tbus leaving an overage Ot 20,316 fE"et. ~n othH words, theoret :o&l1y, mote units could have been proposed on the site. 3. Ahe site has difficult terrain, ~nd access will ~e via an eQspment over the existing driv~way serving t~e Country KitcL~n site. r~is was established when the County Kitchen fadiity 10;'1 1 ori~inally c:onnructed. Tbe intent, here, is to confine aCce2'S to the County Kitchen sit:\i!, the apartment site, and the 5~~i office bui\din~ site et the southeast c~rner of this parcel to a single driveway. '~e share the o:>>inion of the engineering staff that this ?rovides the ~est aCceSS tQ Ri~e Street. This is one of the reasonl:l why ",e wer.:! so anxiou'i to have these two parcels combined into a single development which i~ being a~hieved in this proposal. ~. Attached are copies ot the site plan prepared by th~ QPplicants archit~ct. You will notice thdt there are two driveways goinl! dv'ffi the :.i11 to ti:e cul-de-sac near tJ.,e -:enter of the si te. One driveway 1,ead~ ~ire(;tly to