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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA036 - Resolution No. 19-483 adopted September 10, 2019 RESOLUTION NO. 19-483 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MAJOR SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 3413 AND 3425 AURORA AVENUE FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,Hunziker Development Company,LLC,is requesting approval of a Major Site Development Plan for two eight-unit apartment buildings with one building at 3413 Aurora Avenue, Lot 10, and the other at 3425 Aurora Avenue, Lot 11, Village Park Subdivision; and, WHEREAS,apartment buildings within the Suburban Residential Zone Residential Medium Density (FS-RM) Zoning District must have an approved Major Site Development Plan prior to issuance of building permits and the proposed plan is the last two undeveloped lots within the Village Park Subdivision; and, WHEREAS,the proposed site plan includes two separate lots that each will have an eight- unit two-story apartment building with the buildings orientation to Aurora Avenue; and, WHEREAS,access to the ground level units is from the east and west facades and the upper floor units will have an interior stairway and corridor; and, WHEREAS,the proposed apartment buildings have the same architectural features and vinyl materials as were approved for the eight-unit apartment buildings at 3331 and 3405 Aurora Avenue; and, WHEREAS,the applicant proposes to use vinyl siding and vinyl board and batten siding as the primary exterior material on all sides of the building, and stone veneer will be on the lower exterior of the both buildings; and, WHEREAS, each apartment building will have a hipped roof with dormers and asphalt shingles along with painted steel columns on the street front and rear facing facade support decks for the second floor units; and, WHEREAS, a wood frame with standing seam metal roof will be on the front and rear facades over the main building entrances; and, WHEREAS,the proposed two-story buildings are to function as a transitional building type between the more massive three-story,36-unit buildings with gable roofs on the other side of Aurora Avenue and the future single-family homes to the west; and, WHEREAS,the building design has a very residential appearance that is similar to some of the other multi-family buildings constructed along Aurora Avenue and Cottonwood Road; and, WHEREAS, the site plan shows an eight-stall garage along the west property line, behind each apartment building, and surface parking spaces across the drive aisle from the garage; and, r WHEREAS,seven of the eight garage stalls have standard dimensions and the eighth garage stall is handicap-accessible; and, WHEREAS, landscaping on Lots 10 and 11 is required to meet the landscaping standards for residential development, which includes front yard landscaping requirements and parking lot landscaping standards; and, WHEREAS,a high screen or fence is required along the west property line to meet landscape buffer requirements in the FS-RM zone where the lot is adjacent to any lot zoned as FS-RL or RL zone; and, WHEREAS, on August 21, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the Major Site Development Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the Major Site Development Plan for 3413 and 3425 Aurora Avenue is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 10th day of September, 2019. Diane . Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Betcher Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Martin,Nelson Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this IOth day of September, 2019.