2001-79 AMENDING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - WEST TOWNE SQUARE

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� . , , . ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMO #01-106 October 08, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Ga City Manager ,/ , A. J. Kri r Economic and Urban Development Department�� Steven J. V Steenhuyse, Planning Manag��'� SUBJECT: West Towne Square Rezoning and PUD Amendment SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: The West Towne Square PUD was approved by Council in December 2000. The two-story office/retail building approved with the PUD is nearly ' complete. The owners (R&D Development)have acquired five additional adj acent lots (one on Wood Street and four on Macon Street) and are requesting to rezone them from R-6 to B-2. They are also requesting an amendment to the PUD by adding the five lots to the existing PUD and constructing two 3-story, 12-unit apartment buildings in the northeast corner of the development. This amendment also requires vacation of an existing alley,which is a separate petition and action. On October 4, 2001 the Plan Commission voted 4-3 (with one abstention) to approve the rezoning and the amended PUD, with the condition that the underlying zoning of the apartments be R-6. Minutes of the meeting are attached. Staff recommends approval of the B-2 PUD, subject to architectural standards that insure that the apartment buildings will be similar in character and detail to the nearby Woods apartment complex. The developer has agreed to staff's conditions. The staff report is also attached. BACKGROUND: With the addition of the 24 apartment units, 213 parking spaces are required to serve the entire site. In addition to the 195 off-street parking spaces, 14 spaces are provided on the street. This is consistent with the previously approved PUD which showed eight parallel � parking spaces on Oakland and 13 parallel spaces on Wood Street. However, on the amended plan seven of the spaces on Wood Street have been deleted, in response to a request by the neighboring property owner. The on-street parking spaces were allowed to be counted toward the total requirement in the original PUD. By combining the off-street and on-street parking spaces, there is a total of 209 spaces. Although this falls short by four spaces of the Ordinance requirement, the Council may relax the standards via the PUD process. Staff believes that the four space shortfall is acceptable, given the vaxiation in hours and parking space utilization of the various uses within the PUD.