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PO ROPOSALVERVIEW 9 The applicant proposes to rezone the parcel from High-Density Residential-1 (HDR-1) to High- 10 Density Residential-2 (HDR-2) to allow construction of a 62-unit, 3-story senior living facility. 11 The project narrative and conceptual site plan are included with this report as Attachment D. 12 When exercising the City’s legislative authority on a rezoning request, the role of the City is to 13 review the proposal for its merits and to evaluate the potential impacts to the public health, 14 safety, and general welfare of the community. If a rezoning request is found to be consistent with 15 the Comprehensive Plan and is otherwise a desirable proposal, the City may still deny the 16 rezoning request if the proposal fails to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. 17 RA EZONING NALYSIS 18 The subject property is guided by the Comprehensive Plan for High-Density Residential (HR) 19 land uses. This use generally allows multi-family housing types (such as apartments, lofts, flats, 20 and stacked townhomes) and accommodates an overall density greater than 12 units per acre. 21 The proposed HDR-2 District was established to facilitate development consistent with the HR 22 designation by providing: 23 An environment of predominantly high-density housing types, including manufactured- 24 home communities, large and small multi-family buildings, and single-family attached 25 dwellings at an overall density exceeding 12 units per acre, along with related uses such 26 as public services and utilities that serve the residents in the district. The district is 27 intended to promote flexible development standards for new residential developments 28 and to allow innovative development patterns, consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. 29 City Code §1004.11 30 The applicant’s proposal to rezone to HDR-2 is predicated on a 62-unit senior housing project 31 that includes a mix of one-bedroom (60%) and two-bedroom (40%) units within a roughly 35- 32 foot-tall building. Under the HDR-1 classification, the 1.79 acre site supports a maximum of 43 33 units (24 units/acre x 1.79 acres), while the HDR-2 classification has a minimum density of 24 34 units per acre and no maximum density limit. The proposal by Good Samaritan Society works 35 out to 34.5 units per acre. 36 Unlike other processes that the Planning Commission considers, a rezoning request cannot place 37 a condition on the rezoning request that limits the future development of the parcel to that which 38 the applicant has indicated. In instances where a high density residential development is 39 proposed, the City often studies the potential traffic to be generated, because a change in the 40 zoning would allow Good Samaritan or another developer the ability to maximize the site’s 41 density potential assuming all requirements of the City Code can be met. In the case of the 42 Good Samaritan proposal, SRF Consulting Group was hired by the Public Works Department to 43 study two scenarios: 44 1.The proposed 62-unit senior housing project. 45 2.250 units, which is deemed the maximum number of units a developer could construct on 46 the site given City design standard limitations. 47 PF16-006_RPCA_050416 Page 2 of 3