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� •' ' ' Page 2 of 3 <br /> Roosevelt School—Amendment to Planned Unit Development <br /> October 4, 2002 ', <br /> 3. In November 2001 staff administratively approved several minor changes to the approved �, <br /> plan. Two apartment units within the building were eliminated. In addition, the 6-unit �, <br /> townhome building along Grand was deleted from the plan, reducing the number of II <br /> townhomes to 27 and reducing the total number of units to 74. , <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION I�I <br /> 4. The project has not progressed since last November. However, the developer has decided to I <br /> move forward with the redevelopment. They have submitted a new site plan and new I <br /> architectural elevations. The building along Grand Avenue that was eliminated in November <br /> has been reinstated. The new plan shows a total of 30 townhome units. In addition, two <br /> more apartment units have been deleted from the school building. Therefore, the revised <br /> plan shows a total of 75 total units, one more than the previously-approved plans. <br /> 5. The plan exceeds the parking requirements for multi-family uses. Each townhome has two <br /> parking spaces: one within the garage and one driveway space. In addition, there are 111 <br /> surface parking spaces, for a total of 171 spaces. Based on the unit count and the number of <br /> bedrooms, only 132 spaces are required. <br /> 6. The petitioners have also submitted a landscape plan for the site. This project predates the <br /> new Zoning Ordinance. The previously-approved plans did not meet the current landscape <br /> requirements. The new plan shows a significantly greater number of plants, especially shade <br /> trees. These include ash, oaks, lindens,maples and black gum trees. This plan generally <br /> conforms to the new landscape requirements. However, the plan does not show any <br /> landscaping adjacent to the south wall of 1225 Monroe. This is a windowless end wall <br /> facing Leafland Avenue. Additional landscaping should be added here to soften the "blank <br /> wall" effect. This condition also occurs on the west wall of the 620 Leafland building. <br /> 7. The previously-approved architecture for the townhome units showed groups of four to six <br /> units in a single-row building. The former design was inspired by the adjacent Roosevelt <br /> School, with hipped roofs,brick on the lower portion of the units,brick piers on the corners <br /> and"castle" elements in the middle and the ends of the buildings, similar in style to the main <br /> entrance of the school. The new plans show a more suburban style townhome,with pitched <br /> roofs and gable sections. There are a total of five townhome buildings with six units in each. <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> 8. The latest plan is similar in many respects to the first plan originally approved in March <br /> 2001. The major change is in the townhome building design. Both the architecture and the <br /> building placement differ from the original plan. The original plan showed jogs in the <br /> building line to add visual interest to the facades. The new plan has all of the units in a <br /> straight line. <br /> 9. As noted above, the originally-approved plans showed a townhome design that included <br /> architectural elements similar to those used at Roosevelt School. The original architect <br /> mistakenly believed that IHPA would require such details in order to qualify for the Historic <br /> Preservation Tax Credits for the school building. However, staff has confirmed with IHPA <br /> that this is not the case. The developer has stated that the cost of executing the original <br /> design is prohibitive. The new plan does not contain any of the school's elements and is <br />