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. � <br /> .�_ , <br /> Date Application Received: N/A <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete: N/A ' <br /> 60-Day Review Period Expires: N/A <br /> To: Chair Kang and Planning Commissioners <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administrator <br /> From: Mike Gaffron,Asst. City Administrator- Long Term Strategy �.. <br /> Date: June 17, 2010 <br /> Subject: #10- 3473 City of Orono -Zoning Code Amendment: <br /> Add"Assisted living facilities"as a conditional use in the RPUD District <br /> Zoning District: Residential Planned Unit Development(RPUD) District <br /> Application Summary: This proposed ainendment of Zoning Code Section 78-624 would add � <br /> "Assisted living facilities" to the list of allowed Conditional Uses in the Residential Planned <br /> Unit Development District,with a set of required conditions. <br /> Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendment subject to <br /> conditions to be specified pursuant to Plannirig Commission review. .. <br /> List of Exhibits <br /> A-Definitions <br /> B -RPUD Standards <br /> Background � <br /> The City of Orono currently has two separate zoning applications pending for approval of senior <br /> . assisted living/memory care facilities. These are the first proposals Orono has had for such <br /> uses, which has caused staff to review the permitted and conditional use sections of the Zoning <br /> Code to determine whether or how these are defined and addressed. � <br /> In the context of the continuum of senior residential health caze,there are a few generally <br /> recognized levels - Independent Living; Assisted Living; Skilled Nursing Care; Alzheimer's or <br /> Memory Care; and Rehabilitation. Definitions of each of these terms vary from source to source, <br /> but the definitions used by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can be found in <br /> Attaclunent A, along with other defuutions that may assist in discussing this topic. <br /> The Orono Woods Senior Housing facility at Brown Road&Wayzata Boulevard would be <br /> considered as independent living. It was developed as a permitted"multifamily attached <br /> dwelling"use under the RPUD section of the Zoning Code. However,the Zoning Code <br /> currently does not specifically address"assisted living", "memory care", or"skilled nursing <br /> care"facilities. While one might immediately conclude that any of these three uses might fall <br /> under the"multifamily attached dwelling" category, a conflict arises because the Code does <br /> include "nursing homes" as a conditional use in the RR-1B Rura1 Residential (2-acre)District, <br /> lumped together with a variety of other care facilities, as follows:. <br />