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City of El ~_ River REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Plannin Commission 4.2 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Plannin Ma 8, 2012 erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Request by Duffy Development Company for Conditional Use erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er Permit to Amend Elk River Station PUD - Outlot G Use, Case REVIEWED BY No. CU 12-08 -Public Hearing ACTION REQUESTED Staff recommends approval of a Conditional Use Permit that would amend the Planned Unit. Development (PUD) agreement to change the land use prescribed for Outlot G of Elk River Station .from Commercial to include multiple family residential. Applicant John Duffy, Duffy Development Location/ Address Outlot G, Elk River Station 60 Day Rule The City must take action by June 16, 2012. OVERVIEW The applicant is requesting. formal approval of a change of land use as it .applies to Outlot G of the plat,. specifically the portion of the project originally established for retail and office development, on the west side of Twin Lakes Parkway, east of the train station parking lot. The original PUD proposed a 12,000 sq. ft. and a 5,000 retail/office building on the site. The applicant proposes to construct a 53-unit apartment building in their place. -The building would be patterned after the recently completed Elk River Station apartment building, though the final design has yet to be completed. The convenience store pad and canopy area would remain as originally proposed. The City Council reviewed the proposed change as a concept in February, 2012. The Council supported the change in a 4-1 consensus, citing likelihood of the subject parceLbeing commercial given the existing and expected travel patterns, and the information learned through the FAST planning process. The Council member that opposed the change had concerns that residents axe waiting for commercial in the area and he has challenges with changing the land use due to the economy. BACKGROUND/PRECEDENT The Elk River Station PUD was approved by the City Council on November 18, 2002. The agreement for the project was dated Apri121, 2003, and included provisions for the construction of a 60-unit apartment building, a day care center, a 70-unit senior housing building, 5 office/retail buildings, a convenience store, and 298 townhouse lots. To date, the townhouse lots, the senior housing (Pullman Place), and the apartment building (53 units) have been constructed.