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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL— SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 7 Councilmember Holmes inquired about Section 1320.05 of Ordinance 2012-007. She stated that according to the land use chart, it appears that it is a PUD in a mixed use residential area, which is the TCAAP area. City Planner Beekman explained the "P" on the land use chart represents "permitted". At some point, the City may choose to amend that. She stated that TCAAP will be developed through a master planned unit development. By the time the building is being built, it will have gone through a very thorough master PUD and final PUD for each phase. In the future, when TCAAP is fully developed and redevelopment starts happening on that site, the City may want to change the land use in those districts. Currently, almost all the land uses on that property are considered permitted. Councilmember Holmes stated that a permitted use according to Section 1320.05 would apply to people who are thinking about building apartments in the TCAAP area. Councilmember Holden inquired where the 600 square foot minimum unit size came from. City Planner Beekman explained that in researching other cities, minimum unit apartment sizes, ranged in size from 450 to 650 square feet. After a lengthy Planning Commission discussion, they decided to recommend 600 square feet as the minimum size requirement. When the City Council discussed it, the general consensus among the Council was to not change that number. Councilmember Tamble stated that it is important to note that the Planning Commission could not reach a definitive decision, which raises the question of whether the City should be going to certain extremes. He also noted that it is unfortunate that there is an applicant that had a proposal going on at the same time as these discussions. He announced that he is not in favor of some of the proposed adjustments. Councilmember Holden inquired about Section 1325.045, Subd. 5 referring to the common area requirement. She requested more details about the common area. City Planner Beekman noted that firm numbers were originally provided, however, the Planning Commission wanted to eliminate the numbers. Therefore, it will be up to the applicant to provide an acceptable common area. Councilmember Holden stated that a common area could technically be a room with a computer. City Planner Beekman said that it would be up to the City to decide if that need is being met. Councilmember Holden questioned what would happen if an applicant stated that a certain group of people, such as people aged 55+, were going to be renting the apartments, but later, the apartments were rented to people who were not 55+years old. City Planner Beekman stated that it would not matter. Changes like that would be a private matter between the people living in the building and the building management. If it were senior assisted housing or a nursing home, it would be different because that is a different land use as designated by the Zoning Code. In that situation, it would have to come back for review.