Land Use Action Details

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Application Summary: An application to develop a 183-unit multiple family development, pursuant to the requirements of the Fairview Mixed-Use zone the Fairview Refinement Plan II refinement plan, as a second phase of The Grove apartments at Fairview on two portions of the former Fairview Training Center site totaling approximately 10.74 acres in size. The proposal includes 105 dwelling units on the portion of the site located at 2110 Strong Road SE and the remaining 78 dwelling units on the portion of the site located in the 4000 to 4100 Blocks of Reed Road SE. Request: A consolidated application for a proposed 183-unit multiple family development on two portions of the former Fairview Training Center site totaling approximately 10.74 acres in size. The application includes the following: 1) A Class 1 Design Review and Class 3 Site Plan review for the proposed multiple family development. 2) A Major Amendment to the Fairview Refinement Plan II refinement plan to: a) Increase the number of dwelling units allowed within the refinement plan from 280 to 457; b) Allow the lot for the East development to exceed the maximum lot depth requirements of the AU (Adaptive Use) and MI (Mixed-Intensity) areas of the refinement plan; c) Allow the minimum required floor-area-ratio (lot coverage) of the West development located within the VC (Village Center) area of the refinement plan to be less than 0.75 FAR; d) Allow the proposed carports within the development to exceed the maximum 1,000 square-foot building footprint required in the VC, AU, and MI areas. e) Allow less than 70 percent of the lot/street frontage of the West development within the VC area of the refinement plan along Lindburg Road and Strong Road to be occupied by buildings placed at the minimum setback line; f) Allow Buildings 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 35 to be setback grater then the maximum 20-foot setback abutting a street required in the VC, AU, and MI areas of the refinement plan; g) Allow Buildings 22 and 24 to be setback less than the minimum required 10-foot setback abutting a street required in the AU and MI areas of the refinement plan; h) Allow the proposed off-street parking spaces on the south side of Chapel Drive within the East development and the proposed off-street parking spaces along the southern property line of the West development to be setback less than the minimum 20-foot setback abutting a street required in the VC and MI areas of the refinement plan; i) Allow the off-street parking spaces located within one of the proposed parking lots within the East development abutting phase 1 of The Grove apartments to be less than the minimum 10-foot setback required abutting an interior side property line in the AU area of the refinement plan; j) Allow three driveway approaches onto the private streets within the East development where a maximum of two driveway approaches per parcel are allowed onto private streets within the AU and MI areas of the refinement plan; k) Allow the driveway approaches onto the proposed private streets within the East and West developments to exceed the maximum driveway approach widths required under the VC, AU, and MI areas of the refinement plan; 3) A Class 1 Adjustment to increase the maximum number of parking spaces allowed within the East development from 137 spaces to 146 spaces (SRC 806.015(d)). 4) A Class 2 Adjustment to: a) Decrease the minimum number of trees required to be planted around the perimeter of buildings (SRC 702.020(b)(4)); b) Decrease the minimum number of trees required to be planted around the perimeter of off-street parking areas and allow some of the proposed parking lot planter bays within the development to be less than the minimum required nine feet in width (SRC 702.020(b)(7)); c) Allow less than 70 percent of the lot/street frontage of the West development within the VC area of the refinement plan along proposed Village Center Loop to be occupied by buildings placed