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the minimum 5 foot setback,but would reduce the combined total of both side yard setbacks to 10 feet. Secondly, the structural lot coverage is required by Code to not exceed 25 percent; however, the proposed addition would result in 27 percent lot coverage by structure. Thirdly, the landscaped lot area is required to be a minimum of 65 percent where the proposed addition would leave only 61 percent. The applicant has submitted a letter addressing the variance criteria(Attachment A), an aerial of the property with the addition drawn in, and elevations of the proposed addition (Attachment Q. 2. Site Data Low Density Residential Single Family Detached Residential R-3: Townhouse&Low Density Multiple Dwelling u-r t .19 Acres (8,250 Square Feet) The property is relatively flat. 3. Surroundin Area 7 7 yy w # Nom ai North Low Density Residential R-3: Townhouse&Low Density Single Family Detached Multiple Dwelling Residential South Low Density Residential R-3: Townhouse&Low Density Shared common area for the Multiple Dwelling homeowner's association East Low Density Residential R-3: Townhouse&Low Density Single Family Detached Multiple Dwelling Residential West Community Mixed Use C-2: General Business Office Hunters Park Homeowner's Association In the early 1970s, the City approved a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to create the Hunters Park neighborhood and homeowner's associations. The single family portion of Hunters Park is built on approximately 29 acres of which seven acres are shared green space, almost three acres are used for shared driveways, and the remaining 19 acres are divided into 84 single-family residential homes. The Hunters Park PUD used the flexibility permitted in the PUD process, and the neighborhood was designed with varying lot sizes, structure setbacks, and lot coverages. In flexible PUD developments like the Hunters Park neighborhood, it is not uncommon for the PUD to include an alternative set of regulations that supersede the underlying zoning regulations. In the case of the Hunters Park, alternative lot layout standards were not created, which means that the underling R-3 regulations were left in place. Since most of the structures and lots do not meet the R-3 Zoning regulations, virtually any change to the structures in Hunters Park required a variance City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for August 8, 2012 \\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\Planning\Planning Cases\2012\12-013-1185 Benton Page 2 of 8