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r y <br /> #09-3393 875 Wayzata Boulevard <br /> January 14,2009` . <br /> Page 7 <br /> Do these 6 factors similarly apply to the proposed single building 46-unit senior assisted living . <br /> proposal? How does the proposed building size and configuration, and its level of use or <br /> activity, compare with 9 single-family homes? , - . . <br /> Orono's Housin� Goals. � � <br /> • With regards to Orono's Housing Goals and Policies, Urban Housing Policy 2 (on page3G21 of <br /> the 2000-2020 CMP and shown�below with proposed revised text for the 2008 CMP Update) <br /> . supports the conversion of low-density residential properties along old Highway 12 when certain . . <br /> . conditions are met: <br /> "2. t���e A wider range of housing types will be provided by planned residential <br /> _ developments. A limited amount of land is available within the Urban Service Area for <br /> - planned developments of attached townhomes, garden type apartments or mixed residential <br /> and limited commercial land uses. These housing clusters or multiple family developments <br /> - will be acceptable only where full urban services are available and only where the proposed <br /> density is compatible with the neighborhood and with local environmental constraints. <br /> _ _ . Multiple family developments generally will not be considered appropriate for lands within <br /> 1,000 feet of Lake Minnetonka nor for areas that have limited public transportation access to <br /> outside employment or shopping facilities. Additionally, County Road 15, which is the key _ <br /> roadway serving Orono's urban area's and particularly the Navarre area, is far over capacity. It � <br /> is not practical from an economic or environmental standpoint to expand County Road 15 to <br /> increase its capacity. Therefore, �'�additional housing t3�es o tp ions will be primarily <br /> developed along Orono's Highway 12 corridor in specifically identified areas that are or will <br /> be served by urban services. <br /> � Certain areas along or near Highway 12��were identified in the 2000-2020 Land Use <br /> Plan and later amendments to it for �'����higher density housing, and have been guided <br /> � for such use. In addition to guiding these specified areas, the City has adopted a Residential <br /> Planned Unit Development zoning district which not only provides for the higher density <br /> housing at these identified sites,but provides density incentives for the potential conversion of <br /> " commercially-guided/zoned properties to medium and high density residential use where the <br /> City Council finds such conversion appropriate. The City will consider proposals for � <br /> developments that will provide housing types in furtherance of Orono's housing goals as <br /> established in this Housing Plan, for sites not currently guided for such use but which may be <br /> appropriate for such use." <br /> The 2008 CMP Update includes substantial discussion about housing affordability in terms of <br /> Orono's share of the projected need for affordable housing (as identified by the Metropolitan <br /> Council) as well as opportunities for and barriers to meeting that need. The Update also <br /> discusses the need for additional housing options, many of which have become available in <br /> Orono within just the past 5-10 years, including townhome developments in Navarre and along <br /> Highway 12, as well as the Orono Woods Senior Housing providing independent living <br /> apartment rental opportunities for seniors. <br />