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s PLANNING REPORT DATE: . 7 March 1984 CASE NUMBER: 1483-84 APPLICANT• The Housing Alliance LOCATION: South of County Road B, Easterly of Dale Street ACTION REQUESTED: Rezoning from R-1 to R-3A Variance to Side Yard Setback Variance to Parking Requirements Special Use Permit for Structure Greater than 24 Units and Higher than Three "Floors PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. The applicant has previously applied for amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to indicate high density housing on the easterly 400 feet of their property which was approved by the City Council in January 1984. This proposal was submitted to the Metropolitan Council as required, which responded with a "Negative Declaration" which in effect determines that the plan change is not of metropolitan significance. 2. A considerable amount of material was submitted with the plan amendment application, and you may wish to review that material as background to the current, rezoning proposal. The development proposal itself has been substantially amended and copies of the current proposal are attached to this report. That portion of the structure on the east side has been reduced from six floors plus the dormtr space to three floors plus dormer space. The southerly w.ng of the building has been reduced from six floors to five floors, each with units occupying a portion of the gable roof system, wl'th dormers providing light and air. This is similar to the development of rooms in a typical one and one-half story houses, sometimes referred to as "attic expansion". 3. Attached to this report is a revised statement from the Housing Alliance describing the project in considerable detail, accompanied by reduced drawings of the structure and site plan. Also attached is a copy of a summary sheet indicating the various nunbers relating to density, setbacks, parking, and living unit numbers, type and size. 4. Wle have encouraged the applicants to meet with representatives of the neighborhood, and such a meeting has been requested by the neighborhood, and will be held on Tuesday, 6 March► the night before the Planning Commission meeting. The neighbors in their letter to the architect, requested certain information. The architects indicate they were not able to get all the information together for a meeting prior to that time. Hopefully, at that meeting, some of the neighborhood's concerns can be resolved.