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Request For Council Action <br />Date: <br />Item No: <br />Agenda Section: <br />Manager Approved: <br />approval for a full emergency back-up generator including a self-contained <br />fuel storage unit. (PF3 106) <br />1.0 Requested Action <br /> Estates proposes to install an emergency generator to supply power to the assisted <br />1.1 <br />senior housing project, due to the heavy reliance on electricity to run refrigeration, resident <br />oxygen systems, systems, communication systems, personal help notification systems <br />and elevators. Staff has defined this equipment and systems as an essential emergency <br />service. <br /> Estates requests approval to allow installation of a fully enclosed emergency <br />1.2 <br />generator with a self-contained fuel storage cell in their front yard at 2750 Victoria Street. <br />Section requires permit approval by the City Council to install an above ground fuel <br />storage tank. <br />1.3The City Code does not specifically address such fully enclosed emergency energy <br />generators with a self-contained fuel storage cell. <br />2.0Background <br />2.1 <br />The site is located in Comprehensive Plan District No. which encompasses an area from <br />Lexington Avenue on the west and ends on the shoreline of Lake Owasso on the east, and <br />from County Road D on the north to County Road on the south. To the north, south <br />and west of the site are single family homes. <br />West of the site also lies the Ridge Health <br />Lake <br />Care facility, while to the east is Lake Owasso. The site is located in the Grass Lake <br />Watershed Management Area. <br />2.2 <br />The site is zoned R-3A (Multi-Family Residence District); the Comprehensive Plan <br />designates this site as MDR, Medium Density Residential. <br />2.3 <br />Electrical services to the assisted living project are essential to maintain the health and safety <br />of the residents.In the past year, during summer peak loads, Estates electrical <br />services have been interrupted reducing the effectiveness or capacity of handling air <br />conditioning, refrigeration, resident systems, and access via elevators. <br />PF3 106 RCA Page of 3 <br /> <br />