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Natural Characteristics: The site is generally flat and 2 includes some mature trees. 3 Planning File History: none 4 LCDD-M EVEL OF ITY ISCRETION IN ECISIONAKING 5 legislative Action taken on a proposed zoning change is in 6 nature; the City has broad discretion in making land use 7 decisions based on advancing the health, safety, and general 8 welfare of the community. 9 PO ROPOSAL VERVIEW 10 The applicant proposes to rezone the parcel from High-Density Residential-1 (HDR-1) to High- 11 Density Residential-2 (HDR-2) to allow construction of a 62-unit, 3-story senior living facility. 12 The project narrative and conceptual site plan are included with this report as Attachment D. 13 When exercising the authority on a rezoning request, the role of the City is to 14 review the proposal for its merits and to evaluate the potential impacts to the public health, 15 safety, and general welfare of the community. If a rezoning request is found to be consistent with 16 the Comprehensive Plan and is otherwise a desirable proposal, the City may still deny the 17 rezoning request if the proposal fails to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare. 18 RA EZONING NALYSIS 19 The subject property is guided by the Comprehensive Plan for High-Density Residential (HR) 20 land uses. This use generally allows multi-family housing types (such as apartments, lofts, flats, 21 and stacked townhomes) and accommodates an overall density greater than 12 units per acre. 22 The proposed HDR-2 District was established to facilitate development consistent with the HR 23 designation by providing: 24 An environment of predominantly high-density housing types, including manufactured- 25 home communities, large and small multi-family buildings, and single-family attached 26 dwellings at an overall density exceeding 12 units per acre, along with related uses such 27 as public services and utilities that serve the residents in the district. The district is 28 intended to promote flexible development standards for new residential developments and 29 to allow innovative development patterns, consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. City 30 Code §1004.11 31 The applicants proposal to rezone to HDR-2 is predicated on a 62-unit senior housing project 32 that includes a mix of one-bedroom (60%) and two-bedroom (40%) units within a roughly 35- 33 foot-tall building. Under the HDR-1 classification, the 1.79 acre site supports a maximum of 43 34 units (24 units/acre x 1.79 acres), while the HDR-2 classification has a minimum density of 24 35 units per acre and no maximum density limit. The proposal by Good Samaritan Society proposal 36 calculates at 34.5 units per acre. 37 Unlike other processes that the City considers, a rezoning request cannot place a condition on the 38 rezoning request that limits the future development of the parcel to that which the applicant has 39 indicated. In instances where a high density residential development is proposed, the City often 40 studies the potential traffic to be generated, because a change in the zoning would allow Good 41 42 14.a PF16-006_RCA_052316 Page 2 of 4