➢ Provide opportunities for a full range of choice in housing type, density, size, cost, and <br />location (Residential Land Use and Housing Element, Policy A. 17, Page III-A-8). <br />➢ Encourage residential developments in or near downtown core areas in both cities. <br />(Residential Land Use and Housing Element, Policy A. 19, Page III-A-9). <br />Consistent with the two policies above, the proposed project will provide additional student <br />housing opportunities in the West University Neighborhood (near both the University and <br />downtown). Further, the proposed campus living organization will provide a different housing <br />type than the apartments and single family homes that dominate the area. <br />➢ Efforts shall be made to save existing structures that merit saving because of structural <br />soundness and/or historical significance (Land Use, Housing, and Commerce, Policy 7, Page <br />49). <br />Consistent with this policy, the project will reuse a building that is structurally sound and in <br />overall good shape. Transitioning to the new use will be relatively easy considering the existing <br />structure supported a quasi-residential use (housing for treatment center patients). <br />➢ The City shall encourage housing that is wheel-chair accessible (Land Use, Housing, and <br />Commerce, Policy 13., Page 50) <br />Consistent with this policy, the applicant proposes to upgrade the building to ADA standards, <br />which will make the building wheel-chair accessible. <br />The applicable refinement plan is the West University Refinement Plan. The plan designates <br />the property as low-medium density residential and specifically discusses the "Hilyard to <br />Patterson Area" and the Serenity Lane clinic: <br />➢ "The area between Hilyard and Patterson from 18`h to the alley south of 13`h is currently <br />zoned R-3 and is developed with mostly single-family dwellings and apartment buildings. <br />This area should be a buffer between the campus high-density housing area and the <br />woonerf residential area to the west. The area is residential in character and should remain <br />so. No new clinics will be allowed in this area. Serenity Lane, like the other existing clinics <br />and hospitals south of 13`h Avenue, may remain and expand as a conditional use onto land <br />under development control as of December 1, 1981" (page 62). <br />The proposed project is consistent with the statement above, as it encourages residential uses <br />in the area that encompasses the subject site. In effect, the proposed campus living use would <br />bring the site into closer compliance with the Refinement Plan. The West University <br />Refinement Plan also includes the following relevant policies: <br />➢ The City shall encourage residential uses in all parts of the plan area (Policy 9, Page 50). <br />Serenity Lane (CU 15-2) August 2015 4 <br />HO Agenda - Page 4 <br />