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Landscaping Flexibility Requested One tree planting is required along the right-of-way for every 40 feet of street frontage. Between County Road E and Lexington Avenue, the site has approximately 500 feet of street frontage. A total of 12 trees are required in this case and 7 are provided. The Zoning Code restricts the placement of trees within drainage and utility easements and road right-of-ways. Due to the building being oriented close to the two public streets and the location of easements and right-of- ways along the southern and eastern sides of the property, there are site constraints that prevent the applicant from meeting this requirement. Parking Meets Requirements The proposed parking area would be located in the side and rear yards of the site. No parking would be located between the street right-of-way and the building. The design standards require that no more than 50 percent of parking on a site be placed between buildings. While slightly more than 50 percent of the additional parking space proposed would be located between the E Street Flats building and the retail building, overall a majority of the parking spaces on the site would be located in the rear of the two buildings. Parking lots adjacent to streets are required to be screened from view with landscaping or decorative masonry walls. Existing and proposed tree plantings along County Road E and Lexington Avenue should provide adequate screening of the parking areas on the site. A decorative four-foot wrought iron fence along County Road E is also proposed. This fence would be similar in appearance to the fence in front of the E Street Shoppes retail area. The landscaping plan shows a generous amount of plantings around the perimeter of the parking lot, which will help shade and soften this area. Pedestrian Circulation Meets Requirements Sites must be designed to accommodate the safe mobility of pedestrians to and within the site. The proposed site plan includes a sidewalk in front of the primary building entrance that connects to a public sidewalk on County Road E, a segment of which will be completed as part of this project. The remainder of the sidewalk along the property at 1201 County Road E will be completed by the City at a later date as part of the B-2 District streetscape improvement project. An existing sidewalk along Lexington Avenue connects the development to Shannon Square to the north and Arden Plaza to the south. Bicycle Parking Meets Requirements For commercial properties, one bicycle parking space is required for every 20 automobile parking spaces. In this case, given the 65 additional parking spaces being proposed, three parking spaces for bicycles would be required. The applicant has included three, inverted on the west side of the building, north of the primary entrance. The proposed bicycle parking its design and location. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for January 8, 2014 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2013\PC 13-017 - PUD Amendment_1201 County Road E - Goodwill\Memos_13-017 Page 9 of 16