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City Council Meeting Minutes May 1, 2012 Page 5 of 17 Mayor Muckle opened the public hearing and requested a staff presentation. Planning Director Russ explained the applicant, Loftus Development Inc., has applied for a Special Review Use (SRU), Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD), and Preliminary Plat, to redevelop Tract One of the Louisville North Subdivision, 707 East South Boulder Road. The subject property is located on the northwest corner of South Boulder Road and Centennial Drive on the eastern half of the Village Square Shopping Center. The site is approximately 5 acres in size. Council will be reviewing the site plan, the density, the bulk and mass and the conceptual design of the project. Under Section 17.28.170 of the Louisville Municipal Code the City Council shall consider the application at a public hearing and following completion of said public hearing, the City Council shall proceed with one of the following options: 1) Approve the application; 2) Approve the application with conditions; 3) Deny the application; or 4) Remand the application to the Planning Commission. Planning Director Russ reviewed the compatibility with the surrounding area as follows: to the west there are three building (3 story) Portal Apartments; immediately north of the there are six building (2 1/2 story) Village Condominiums; further north is the Louisville North Subdivision containing single family homes; Scenic Heights single family residential subdivision sits to the south of the property across South Boulder Road and three commercial buildings and a school, zoned CC, are located across Centennial Drive to the east of the property. The applicant proposes to remove the existing vacant building and redevelop the site with five separate buildings including a total of 9,500 SF of commercial development, 160 apartment units, and 240 structured parking spaces. The original submittal to the City included 195 residential units and 10,000 SF of commercial development. During the March 8th Planning Commission hearing, the applicant reduced the residential program 15 units to 180 units. The reduced program of 180 units and 10,000 SF of commercial development received a recommendation of denial from the Planning Commission. While the proposed changes do not substantially alter the proposed plat, staff believes the reduction of 20 residential units, from 180 to 160 units, reduces the external impacts and influences the compatibility and waiver determinations stated in Planning Commission's resolution of denial. The subject property is zoned Community Commercial (CC). The LMC establishes a wide range of uses permitted by right and other uses permitted under special review. The commercial use, totaling 9,500 SF, is permitted by right and the requested 160 multi-family units may be permitted under special review. The site currently contains a vacant 54,000 SF building which was the former location of the Safeway store.