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:: : b. A significar�t part af the purpose for prohibiting standard parking stalls between a �� building and the front street is xo avoid an auto-oriented developr�ent type in which �:: buildings are se1 back on the site and large parking areas are placed n�ar the street. 3� The zoning code does, however, allow a drive lane and ADA-compliant parking stalls s4 to be constructed in front of the building. The parking stalls provided adjacent 3� Woodhill Drive are planned to be used by residents and visitors, but not employees. 4� Aithough the proposed front parking area would include non-ADA stalls for residents a j and visitors, Planning Division staff believes that the praposal is consis4ent with the az intent of the zanin� ordinances because the scale of the proposed front parking area is a:� in keeping with what is permitted by the zoning cvde. For these reasons, Plann'rng aa Divisian staff believes that the proposal is consistent with the intent af the zaning a5 ordinances. af. c. Planning Division staff believes that the proposal to provide ADA, visitoe, and 4r resident parking in the north parking lot adjac�nt to Woadhill Drive is a eeasonable �� request far a senior development. �a�� d. United Aroperties fnal plat, which was approved by the City Cowncil, includes plans �c:; for the construction of a 105-unit senior cooperative on Lot 1 and an agreement to sell 5i Loi 2 ta the City to preserve the Owasso Ballfields. The approved agreement also �� inciudes the canstruction of b0 parking stails that are to be shared by the senior �: coaperative and the ballfieId. The requirement of §1004.06.H, Surface Paricing, and �: the fa0-stall shared parking lot at the south en�i of the site creates a unique chaltenge �5 for Ur�ited �'raperties ta achieve complianGe with all the design and parking 56 requieements af the Code. �lanning I]ivision staff finds that the senior project, �� cotapled with the development agreement and shared parking agreement, is a unique �s enough circurnstance to support a variance ta § 1004.0{.H, Surface Parking, allowing �� the parking adjacent to Woodhill to include non-ADA stalls. 5o e. Slrict complianee with the Des�gn Standards contained within § l 004.Ob is of the s� utmast importance to the Flanning Division. Howe�er, when such requirements �� impinge an quality site a�d building design due to a unique or challenging lc�t features h:� or type af product (senior housing}, and strict compliance cauld sacrifice efficient use �� and design of the buil�sng and property, the Planning Division conclud�s that such s� granting of variances would not alter the essential characte�- of the Ipcality. The h�, propert}F addresses desi�;n standards in a re�sonable and praetical manner, which does st not sacrifice the public re�lm qr the essential character of the neighborhood design, �� which the City is striving for in its Zoning Code. Althaugh this variance seeks a ��+ minor deviation frarr� tk►e Mralti-Family Design Standards, the request to inc�ude n�ot i�;� just ADA-c�mpliant parking in the parking 1Qt adjacent Woodhill, but alsv visator and r � resident parkir�g, will not alter or significantTy change tne character of the property or �� the adjacent neighborhood. ,�� f. Secti�an 1009.04 (Variances} of the City �ode also explain� that the purpose of a � 4 variance is "te, perrnit adjustment to the zoning regulations where there are �ractiea� �� difficulties applying to a pareel of land or building that prevent the praperty from '� being used to the extent in�ended by the zoning." The proposal appears ta compare ? i favorably with all of th� above requirements essential far approvia�g this variance. Page 2 of 4