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11. Niiiiiil li 12 and Brov^-n Road to allow for trafTic to safely access Highway 12. A righi-in right-out intersection would allow direct access from the site to Highway 12. Future connection to the west would potentially be to Brimhall with a lighted intersection at existing Highway 12. This would reduce the amount of through traffic on the residential property to the east. Highw’ay 12 is scheduled to be relocated to the south. The existing 12 would be reclassified and become a Hennepin County Road (Way^ta Boulevard). Per Section 10.61, Subd. 10, required off-sucet parking is approved as follows; No. of Parking Stalls: Required - 1 per 200 s.f. Required " 1 per 200 s.f. of “net usable floor area for office use* Total stalls required = 97 Total stalls proposed = 97 No. of Parking Stalls: Required ■ 140 spaces Total stalls proposed Required 2 per dwelling unit (Section 10.61) 83 interior spaces .• . SO e.xterior spaces The standards for a building designed for senior housing use may not require the same parking standards. The applicants have stated they do not feel all the parking proposed on site will be necessary' for tiie use. A 8’ wide regional trail is located along Brown Road. The plans have provided pedestrian access to the trail via a path that would connect the main entrance to the west. A 6’ sidewalk is located along the south property line. Connection to the sidewalk has been provided to the main entrance. A path/trail will also be provided to allow pedestrian access from the residential building to the office use on the adjacent property. 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. The RPUD district would allow the City of Orono to provide Page 3 of 10