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Resolution to Approve The Moravian PUD Site Plan and Development Agreement (CPC Recommendation: Approval - 7 Ayes and 1 Nay)
Memorandum
Attached is a resolution to approve the Moravian PUD Site Plan and Development Agreement; 201, 211, and 215 East Madison Street, 554 and 558 South Fifth Avenue, and 547, 551 and 553 South Fourth Avenue. Approval of this resolution will allow for the development of a four-story multiple-family building containing 62 units over a one level parking garage.
The City Planning Commission recommended approval of this request at its meeting of January 5, 2010, subject to adoption of modernized flood insurance rate maps that remove the site from the floodway. Since then, the proposed site plan has been slightly modified to provide additional landscaping at the northeast corner and detailed labeling of the building materials and colors. Updated attachments are provided that reflect these changes as well as the citizen participation report and the street elevation renderings that were presented to the Planning Commission at their January 5 meeting.
Petition Summary:
· The site consists of 8 parcels, each containing an existing structure. Seven of the parcels contain houses that have been converted to single- and multiple-unit rentals. One parcel contains an industrial building that has been converted to an apartment building. Half of the parcels are currently zoned R4C Multiple-Family Dwelling and half are zoned M1 Limited Industrial. All existing buildings are proposed to be demolished.
· The site slopes toward the southwest and has a 16-foot difference between its highest point at the northeast corner and its lowest point at the southwest corner. The northeast corner of the site is about 10 feet lower in elevation than the midpoint of South Fifth Avenue and about 20 feet lower than the intersection of Fifth and Packard. The northwest corner is also about 10 feet lower than the midpoint of South Fourth Avenue and about...
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