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Plan Commission MtlRtes January 23, 1991 Page 4 . Apartment building at 8350 Delcrest Drive. Mr. Randy Dessau of the law firm, Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage, represents Council Apartments, Inc. and the National Council of Jewish Women, st. Louis Section, co-sponsors of the project. Mr. Dessau detailed the proposed site plan for the new building. The site plan showed an 8 story building of a similar design to the existing Delcrest building. The two would be connected by a one story structure and would share main entrances and security. Council Apartments, Inc. has planned to build an additional apartment building for the elderly since 1980 and has a long waiting list of elderly individuals and couples desiring to locate in this area. Mr. Dessau introduced members of the Delcrest II Committee and those representing it, including Mr. Dick Hetlage of the same law firm, and architects Andy Trivers and Jeff Morissey of Trivers Associates. The project had been given preliminary funding approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Morissey reviewed the proposed site development plan with regard to specific development issues to be considered by the Plan Commission in recommending approval of a Conditional Use Permit. He reviewed proposed building setback, floor area ratio, site coverage limitations and parking. With respect to parking, Mr. Morissey presented a synopsis of available parking on the existing Delcrest si te and detailed how much was actually used by the tenants and staff. According to Council Apartments and Trivers Associates, much of the existing parking remains unused, due to the fact that many older people do not have a car, many of the tenants in the building cannot afford a car and many do not need one because of the location of the Delcrest to shopping and other services. The parking usage was then proj ected in order to determine parking needs for the two buildings together. Mr. Morissey estimated that the 124 parking spaces proposed would be more than that needed. Chairperson Kreishman called on Planning staff to outline its report on the application. Ms. Elwood detailed how the proposed development meets the Development Standards and Use Regulations of the "PR-O" zoning district. She explained why specific approval is required from the City Council for approving unenclosed parking in the "PR-O" zoning district. The Zoning Code requires 1. 5 parking spaces for each apartment dwelling unit. This may be reduced to 1 parking space for every 4 dwelling units under the Conditional Use Permit process if the units are specifically approved for occupancy by elderly persons. The developer was making this specific request in his appl ication; however, in the judgment of the Planning Department staff, this ratio is too low for the proposed development, and at least 1 parking space for every 2 dwelling units should be provided. Given the 262 proposed dwelling units a minimum total of 131 parking spaces should be required for the residential use of the building. In addition, the amount of office