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1. M3-2889 Ravia Real Estate June S, 2003 Page 2 L General information General Concept Plan/Prcllmlnarv Plat Review Process The current proposal is being processed as a new Planned Unit Development proposal for the site, and if approved will result in new General Concept Plan and General Development Plan approvals, preliminary and final plat approvals, as well as a new PUD Agreement. The property has previously been platted, but will be rcplatted as part of the process of creating separate ownership capability for the various units. This application is at the PUD general concept plan/preliminarvplat stage, which requires review and approval of the proposed site plan. The PUD process allows appropriate requirements to be imposed by the City to protect adjacent residential areas from the potential impacts of a proposed commcrcial/ofilce development, as well as enhance the quality of such development. Site Background The property was part of a 7-acre tract that was platted into two lots for development in 2001 . The easterly lot (Lot 2, 4.5 acres) was rezoned to RPUD and is now the site of Orono Woods Senior Housing. The west 2.6 acres became Lot 1, Orono Ambar, and was rezoned to B-6 Highway Commercial District. Lot 1 is the subject of the current application. Development of a 25,000 s.f. office building on Lot 1 was granted General Development Plan Approval via Resolution No. 4704 on October 22,2001, subject to the provisions of Planned Unit Development Agreement No. 2,\. PUD Agreement No. 2 A established that the only permitted principal structure on Lot 1 is a 25,000 gross s.f. 2-story office building with underground and surface parking per the approved site plan. Permitted uses of that buiiding are general office uses which may include business and professional offices of a general nature, and may include a cli.iic for human care on an outpatient basis only. The building may not be used for general retail use, but accessory retail uses could occur in up to 20 V* of the gross floor area of the building. Developer Frank Dunbar subsequently concluded that there was insufficient demand for the office building, and filed Applicatioi. No. 02-2771 with the City in March 2002, proposing a 50-unit Phase U of Orono Woods Senior Housing for Lot 1 . That application resulted in a public hearing during which the adjoining neighborhood expressed significant opposition to the project based on the size, orientation and intensity of the proposal. Dunbar did not proceed with that application, and has now sold the property to Wara Real Estate (one of the principal current applicants) contingent upon City approval for the proposed office project. 4