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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—JANUARY 13, 2014 2 Associate Planner Bachler stated that based on the analysis, staff is requesting further direction from the Council on the following questions: 1.) Should the City increase the minimum area required for three-bedroom units in multi- family developments? 2.) Should the City also consider increasing the minimum additional area required for each additional bedroom? 3.) Should the City consider any other changes to the minimum area required for other units? Councilmember Holden supported the existing standards for efficiency and one bedroom units. However, she would like to see the two bedroom and three bedroom standards more closely match the sizes of those found in the study. She recommended that two bedroom units be a minimum of 1,000 square feet and three bedroom units be a minimum 1,300 square feet. Mayor Grant stated that changes made to this document would impact the TCAAP development. He does not want to see three bedroom units at 900 square feet. He indicated that he could support two bedroom apartments at a minimum of 950 square feet. Councilmember Holmes commented that the City was above the market and average size for efficiency units. She supported the City's one bedroom size standards. Mayor Grant questioned if the efficiency units should be decreased to 550 square feet and the one bedroom units decreased to 650 square feet. Councilmember Holden did not agree with Mayor Grant's suggestion. City Administrator Klaers commented that another option would be to have the efficiency units at 550 square feet, one bedroom units at 700 square feet, and two bedroom units at 950 square feet. Councilmember Holden asked if apartment complexes were required to be constructed under a PUD and if so, if the minimum size standards could be adjusted. Associate Planner Bac ler stated that this is the case in the B-2 District, and that any flexibility requested on the minimum size standards would need to be approved by the City Council. Mayor Grant inquired if staff wanted to do further research on current developments prior to making changes to the d,-sign standards. Associate Planner Ba hler stated that enough information had been collected on current developments to make c anges. Councilmember Holden questioned the age of the "new" apartment complexes. Associate Planner Bac ler reported that the apartment units under this category are generally less than five years old.