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The following is a summary of the data collected by staff. A complete set of the data is included <br />in Attachment A. Arden Hills require more square footage for efficiency, one-bedroom, and two- <br />bedroom apartment units compared to the seven-city average. For three-bedroom units, slightly <br />more square footage is required by the seven-city average. Most of the other cities require a <br />greater amount of additional square footage for each additional bedroom than Arden Hills. <br />One- Two- Three-Additional <br />Efficiency Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom Unit Bedroom <br /> Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) Minimum (SF) <br />Arden Hills 600 700 800 900 100 <br />Seven-City <br />Average 463* 601 759 904 145^ <br />* Six out of seven cities had minimum standards for efficiency uni <br /> <br />^ Five out of seven cities had minimum standards for additional <br />In order to determine whether the multi-family developments in other suburban communities <br />could be built in Arden Hills, staff averaged the size of the smallest efficiency, one-bedroom, <br />two-bedroom, and three-bedroom unit in each building. Using the existing standards, all <br />of the smallest average units could be constructed except for the efficiency unit, which is 41 <br />square feet smaller than what is required by the City. The smallest average two-bedroom and <br />three-bedroom units are, respectively, 242 square feet and 520 square feet larger in size than the <br />minimum requirements set by the City. Please see the chart in the attachment for details on this <br />calculation. <br />Smallest Smallest Smallest Smallest <br />Efficiency Unit One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom <br /> (SF) Unit (SF) Unit (SF) Unit (SF) <br />Arden Hills Minimum Unit <br />Size Standards 600 700 800 900 <br />Smallest Average Unit Size <br />(Across 10 Developments) 559* 752 1,042 1,420^ <br />* Three out of ten developments included efficiency units. <br /> <br />^ Six out of ten developments included three-bedroom units. <br />Based on the preceding analysis, staff is requesting further direction from the City Council on the <br />following questions: <br />Page of <br />