02-20-2007 Planning Commission Packet

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" #07-3250 • , Janustry 11,2007 Page 3 of 12 .]�itCYC�I'OUIlC� The property was parl or�. 7-�cre i;ract that was platted .into two lots for developizient iii 2001. Tlle e�sterly lot (Lot 2 � 4.5 acres) was rezoized to RPUD auci is now tlie site of�Oroiio Woods Senioi'H011Slllg. The wesi:2.6 acres becaule Lot 1, Oroiio Aiiibar, aild was rezoneci to B-6 PUD, Highway Coilinierci�.l Disl;rict. Lot 1 is tlie subject of the current,application. � Office Use Approved iil 2001. Development Uy Fraiilc Dunbax of a 25,000 s.f. 2-story office builcliiig with surfaee �id tlndergrouncl parkiiig on Lot 1 was gtauted Geiieral Developnieilt Plau Approval in 2001, subject to the provisioiis of Plaruied Uiut Developinent Agreeilzeiit No. 2A. Permitted uses,of that building were general office uses iizchidilig business and professioilal offices of a geueral nattue, a�id including a clinic for lntniati�care on ai� outpatient basis. The � build'uig could not be usecl for geiieral retail use, bttt accessory retail uses could occur in up to 20% of tlie gioss floor area of the building. . - ' Senior Holisin�Phase II. Duiibar subsequently, concluded that there was insufficieiit deinand for the off'ice building, aiid in March 2002 proposecl a 50-unit Pllase II of Oroilo Woods Senior �Iousing for Lot 1. That application resulted in a public hearing during which the acljoinuzg � � residential neighbors expressed significatlt opposition to the project based on the size, orientation and intensity of tl�e proposal. Dunbar did not proceed with tliat application and sold the PioPert3'• • . . . Initial Off'ice Condo Proposal. Ravia Real Estate in spriilg 2003 proposed an office-condo development on the site, with a site layout that iiichided buildings with soutli and east-facing � walkouts. Wlule that plan was geiierally Iooked upon favorably by the Plaruung Commission and ' Cou�cil, the applicants nitimately concluded they could not reduce the�ltuliber of units or square . . footage ui order to ineet the parkuig stall iuuuuluins established for their proposed use. Ravia � � withdrew tlieir application in suinmer 2003. � Amber Woods Office Centre. In December 2004 I�iterspace West filecl application #OS-3080, � . proposiiig to coilstruct an office condo developizienfi on the site, witl�. surface parking. That applicatioii resulted in General Concept Plaiz Approval (Resolution No. 5296) iil March 2005 for , five 2-uiut, 1-1/2 stoiy walkout office condo Uuildiilgs. Tlze applicants worked tluough spring � a.nd sunuiler 2005 to prodtice detailed plails, aild had cliscussions with the City (at the City's � request) regarding cllanging access to the site based oiz new iilformatioil about fiiture access . poiiits along Highway 12. Applicai�ts ultiniately cl�ose io iiot make tl�e suggested revisioiis to tlleu plans. � - Oii October.l0, 2005 tlle City Council �.dopted Resolution No. 5387 which conditionally granted . the applicants General Developineilt Plan approval, Conullercial Site Plan approval, �nd Prelinlinary aiid Fiilal Plat a�proval for tlze "Aniber Woocls Office Centre", W11ile it was tu�.usual to �r�uit preliiiunary aiid final plat approv�ls on the satne day in the sanie resolution,the , applicaiits expressed a ueed to move quickly. Those a�provals were co�lditionecl on tinlely submittal of re'quirecl cloeui�ients, fees, other �tgeiley permits, etc. The Resolution itldieated fillat � all approvals would expire if the plat was iiot filed by Apri1 10, 2006 (per City ordinaiices, f na1 plat approval is effective for six moilths). �