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• PLANNING REPORT DATE: 6 June 1984 CASE NUMBER: 1498-84 APPLICANT: Shorewood Corporation LOCATION: Northwest Corner of Trunk Highway 36 and Rice Street ACTION REQUESTED: Amendment to Comprehensive Plan PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. Attached is a copy of a letter from Gordie Howe, realtor, who has been working diligently these past months to put a development proposal together with respect to the two properties referred to in his letters as Parcel A and Parcel B. Parcel B is owned by the Carlson Companies who .purchased the Country Kitchen restaurant system (a Country Kitchen Restaurant exists just east of this property). Parcel B is now zoned R-6, a townhouse district allowing development at 4,000 square feet per unit. The land to the south is a 100 foot wide long narrow strip owned by the Richter family. Because of the shape of Parcel A, it would be difficult to develop it -independently of Parcel B. Therefore, the staff has been suggesting to various persons inquiring about property in this area that it is important that the two properties be tied together so as to develop them each more efficiently. Parcel A is zoned R-1 but is shown on the Comprehensive Plan as medium density for most of it, with a business use proposed at the frontage on Rice Street. 2. Mr. Howe has successfully put the two properties together, and initially examined the possibility of developing apartment units on the site in accordance with the density that would be allowed under the R-6 zoning. R-6 is a medium density zone to which Parcel A could have been zoned based on the designation of medium density for this property in the comprehensive plan. 3. A total of 43 units could be built on the sit( a small office building on the frontage on Ri( Howe in his initial development concepts. Mr however, that he cannot economically develop that he would either have to drop the project from the City for the development of 60 units under the R-6 density plus e Street as proposed by Mr. Howe informed us recently, the land with 43 units and or attempt to get approval )n the site. 4. Accordingly, he has had his architect prepare a development plan showing how he proposes to place 60 units no the site in a staggered building on the northerly portion of the site with parking under the building and surface parking located contiguous to Trunk Highway 36. This structure would be two stories in height so as to minimize the restriction of the view from the single family homes up on Minnesota Street. Mr. Howe has also visited with these homeowners to review his proposal and informed them of his intent.