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CUP 2014 -49, VA No. 2014 -07 & VA No. 2014-08 December 8, 2014 Page 2 Proiect Location and Site Description The proposed project site consists of two existing parcels located on North Susan Street between First and Fifth Streets. The northern parcel, located at 403 North Susan Street, is approximately 39,000 square feet in size and is home to The Jahn Henry Foundation State licensed adult residential care facility. This site contains seven buildings: five residential structures that range in size from 1,072 to 2,340 square feet (7,275 total square feet for all five residential structures); with the remaining two buildings consisting of the administrative office and meeting room functions and total 991 square feet. The southern parcel, located at 325 South Susan Street, is approximately 19,200 square feet in size and contains two single- family residences. These two structures are 1,747 and 2,095 square feet in size and will be incorporated into the existing care home village. The project site is surrounded by commercial uses to the north and east, multiple- family to the south and east, and single - family residences to the west (Exhibits 1, 2 and 3). Proiect Background The existing care home village located at 403 North Susan was approved in 1970 through Variance No, 1970 -21. This variance allowed the conversion of six existing single - family residences to "small family care homes," with one or two -car garages with a maximum occupancy of five persons per structure, for a total of 30 residents. In 2003, The John Henry Foundation purchased the site and obtained a certificate of occupancy to operate the existing care home facility. In 2011, the Foundation purchased the two homes south of the existing facility at 325 South Susan Street with a desire to expand their housing and support services to provide for those with special needs and /or developmental disabilities. Proiect Description The applicant proposes to expand the existing care home facility, which serves adult men and women with special needs, by incorporating the two single- family residences to the south into the existing campus. As part of the expansion proposal, both exterior and interior improvements will be made. These include a redesign of the site to improve vehicular and pedestrian access, architectural enhancements to two buildings, and interior Improvements to all of the structures to make them consistent with the program operations of the Foundation. If approved, the care home village will include a total of eight individual buildings, This includes five residential structures from the existing approved care home facility, the incorporation of two additional residential structures on the south parcel, and the existing office building. The office will also be expanded to approximately 1,800 square feet in size to replace the existing modular structure on the site (Exhibit 4). 31A-4