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<br />reducing the number of curb-cuts from five to two and eliminating the circle drive. He stated <br />that the current zoning district does not allow uses as proposed to be open to the public. <br /> <br />The applicant, Vince Keady, 525 Midvale Avenue, University City, MO, with Stinson Morrison <br />Hecker, LLP, on behalf of Council Apartments, LLC, provided an overview of the project. Tim <br />Vohsen, Facilities Manager for Crown Center was also present. The two primary components of <br />the proposal were discussed, which included the addition of a café that would be open to the <br />public and reconfiguration of the existing parking lot. The request was to rezone the property <br />from HRO High Density Residential/Office District to PD-M Planned Development Mixed <br />Use District to allow for the proposed café being open to the public as well as other accessory <br />uses including, but not limited to a demonstration kitchen and community garden and to <br />incorporate the reconfiguration of the parking lot. <br /> <br />Questions/Comments from Plan Commission members and responses from the applicant <br />included: <br /> <br /> <br />-A question was asked about the number of trees that would be removed. Mr. Vohsen <br />stated that approximately six to eight trees would be removed. <br /> <br />-A question was asked about the expectation in terms of the number of people coming in <br />from the outside to the café. Mr. Vohsen stated that anyone could come for breakfast, <br />lunch, or coffee, but the meal program was different because it was subsidized. He stated <br />there was an expectation of about twenty people per day. Mr. Vohsen stated that the goal <br />was to break even and any profits would be put back into programs offered. The current <br />programs are open to all community members. <br /> <br />-A question was asked about the expectation of twenty patrons per day and how it would <br />affect parking or traffic. The applicant stated that with the reconfiguration of the parking <br />lot, there would be twenty-one parking spaces added and would be able to handle any <br />extra traffic. <br /> <br />-Is this a trend among senior living facilities? The applicant stated that the idea came <br />from a facility in Chicago. The goal was to incorporate positive aspects of that facility <br />into this proposal and it was possibly the first facility in Missouri to propose this type of <br />project. <br /> <br />--floor <br /> and concerns about what uses this could allow for beyond the café. Mr. Greatens <br />stated that current zoning district had some limitations and restrictions regarding what are <br />allowed to be open to public which was the reason the rezoning was necessary. He stated <br />that the first condition in Attachment B of the staff report stated what the permitted uses <br />would be in order to address that issue and that if there were any specific concerns, the <br />Plan Commission could amend the language. The applicant stated they could provide a <br />more detailed list if necessary. Mr. Lai stated it was not limited in order to encourage <br />creativity if they had other ideas in the future, but only if it was accessory in nature as the <br />language only applied to accessory uses. He stated they could not add a new use that was <br />different than the principal use allowed. Mr. Greatens explained the Zoning Code <br />definition of accessory uses and that any separate principal uses would not be allowed <br />and the principal use would remain as is. <br /> <br />tm; šE  <br /> <br /> <br />