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#05*3081 Sloncbay Lofts February 24,2005 Page 2 Applicant has provided a door plan for his similar si/c condo building in Golden Valley, which uses a single elevator and has a niaxinium distance to elevator of295*. Staff would note that a single elevator is common in buildings of the size proposed in Stonebay. 'lire 62-unit Orono Woods Senior I lousing bui Iding has one central elevator, and the end units arc 290' from the elevator. John Shardlow, the City’s planning consultant, has indicatal that it is quite nonnal for a buildingof this size to have just one elevator, and that requiring two would be unusual. UnjtMix. Applicant has provided floor plans for the various unit styles, showinga .somewhat revised unit mix: Old Mix 24 units;‘Oak wood’- 1362 s.r. -1+ bedrooms, 2 bath 3 units:‘Birch ’- 1549 s.f.-2 bedrooms, 2 baths 18 units;‘Elmwood’- 1591 s.f. -2 bedrooms, 2 baths 11 units:‘Aspen ’- 1653 s.f. -2+ bedrooms, 1 bath 1 unit; 57 units Guest suite - 1250sf± New Mix 18 units:‘Maplewood ’- 1365 s.f.-2 bedrootns, 2 bath 26 units:‘Elmwood’- 1600s.f.-2 bedrooms, 2 baths 11 units;‘Aspen ’- 1731 s.f.-2+ bedrooms, 2 baths 2 units:‘Corner suite ’- 2038 s.f. -2+ bedrooms, 2 baths 1 unit: 58 units Guest suite - 476 s.f.-(1 bedroom, 1 bath) In this plan the guest suite is down to a hotel-room size, with 57 actual dwelling units. This will bump up the parking requirement to 2x57 =114 parking stalls. i^irking. Applicant has submitted revi.sed building lloor plans placing 95 stalls (83% of the 114 stall requirement) witliin the building, and 23 stalls in the parking lot within the property boimdat ics, for a total of 118 stalls, resulting in a 2.07 stall per unit ratio. They have also shown “proof of parking ” for 3 additional stalls at the west end of the outside lot, which could be constructed in the future if needed, yielding a potential total of 121 .stalls or 2.12.stalls per unit. The community amenities have been .sbi tied from the basement level to the first stoiy, at the s;inic interior comer, with a dcck/patio extending out from the first lloor level. John Shardlow indicated that requiring 2.0 stalls per unit on thesiteisquiteconimon,and that somecities are re(|uiring that 50%, or I stall jwr unit, be in the building. I laving 83% of required stalls in the bin Iding would be an unusual benefit to the condo owners.