Orono Ambar - General Concept Plan Appproval

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r ) #2640/2641 Orono Ambar LLC. (cont.) General Concept Plan Review Page 3 of 7 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. U.S. Highway 12 is proposed to be relocated to the south and the existing Highway 12 will be turned over to Hennepin County. Part of the proposed Highway 12 relocation includes a change to the existing 12 and Brown Road intersection. Currently.Brown Road North ends in a T intersection with 12. The Brown Road south of 12 will be realigned to create an intersection with existing 12 directly across from Brown Road North and a signal light would be installed at that intersection. The property east of Brown Road is the Long Lake State Bank site, in the City of Long Lake.