Orono Ambar, LLC - Approved General Concept 4-0

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J CMP amendment. The entire property has been zoned B-1 since at least 1967,perhaps earlier. To rezone the east property would require changing the land use designation to residential. The 62 unit building on the 4 acre site would provide 15.5 units/acre of senior housing units at a variety of unit sizes and rental rates. The proposed RPUD zoning district would be the appropriate zoning district to provide the units/acre density requested. Section 10.33, Subdivision 5(E) in the proposed RPUD district would allow the City of Orono to provide incentives to encourage projects which are consistent with housing goals. "Incentives may include modification of density and floor area ratio requirements for developments providing lifecycle housing and low and moderate cost housing." The City has the ability to ensure the housing need, for lifecycle housing, is met. The RPUD district would rely heavily on the CMP designation for housing density and the ability of the developer to meet the housing needs of the community. The office use would not require a CMP amendment as the underlying land use designation is for commercial use. The property is proposed as a 2.7 acre site. The use of the property as office/clinic would be permitted under the B-6 district should the Council approve an amendment to the permitted uses in the B-6 district to permit clinic uses. Platting Process This review is at the preliminary plat/general concept stage. A complete review of the preliminary plat will require review and approval of the proposed'site plans. The plat would result in two lots. Lot 1 (west property) = 116,832 s.f or±2.7 acres Lot 2 (east property) = 173,871 s.f. or+4.0 acres The preliminary plat review falls under the standard platting procedures as established in the Subdivision Ordinance,but would not be approved until sometime after the City and Developer have entered into a financing and development agreement. Additional requirements may be imposed by the City on non-residential subdivisions to protect adjacent residential areas from potential nuisance from a proposed commercial/office development including for provisions for a permanently landscaped buffer strip if necessary. Additional special requirements may be imposed to protect the residential areas surrounding the development. The developer has proposed to plat the senior housing project as condominiums. Each unit would have a separate legal description and tax statement. Under this type of plat the units would be owned by a non-profit agency and rented to the occupants under the agreements established for the building. Surrounding Land Use The subject parcel was platted as Outlot F, Sugarwoods the parcel immediately south of the Sugarwoods neighborhood. The only buffer between the residential use in Sugarwoods is a 40'wide platted outlot that is owned by the Sugarwoods homeowners association. Restrictions were placed on each lot within the Sugarwoods neighborhood that prohibits removal of trees greater than 2" in diameter within the rear setback for those lots located closest to the proposed development. The property is located on Highway 12 and the City of Long Lake is located south of Highway 12. Two lots that are located west of the project are developed as the Orono Shopping Center and Conoco gas station. Orono Ambar,LLC. 2060 Wayzata Boulevard #2640/#2641 Page 3 of 7