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Transparency Window Total Window Requirements Coverage Transparency Lexington Avenue Façade 50% 45.0% 45.0% County Road E Façade 50% 46.7% 26.4% West Façade (Store Entrance) 20% 48.0% 48.0% North Façade 20% 9.6% 9.6% Screening During the concept review at the City Council Work Session on November 18, 2013, the Council expressed concerns about the visibility of the loading dock area from County Road E. The loading area is located behind the northwest side of the building and would mostly be concealed from public view by an eight-foot tall metal screen and gate. Additional screening would be provided by proposed tree plantings in the parking lot. The applicant expects only the very top portion of the trailer to be visible above the screening. The loading ramp would be sloped and the distance between the lowest point of the ramp and the loading dock would be approximately four feet. Coupled with the screening, the distance from the bottom of the loading ramp to the top of the fence would be approximately 12 feet. Since the height of a trailer typically ranges from 13 to 14 feet, the upper one to four feet of the trailer would likely extend above the screening. On average, the parked trailers would be setback a minimum of 10 feet from the gate. The applicant has provided a site plan and perspective drawings depicting a parked truck trailer behind the gate and screening (Attachment C). Parking The proposed building would include 10,749 square feet of retail sales floor space. Based on this area, 72 parking spaces would need to be provided. An additional 4,025 square feet of space would be used for processing donations, which is classified as warehousing. One parking space is required for every 1,000 square feet of floor area for this land use. In this case, a total of 76 spaces would be required between the two uses. The applicant has proposed constructing an additional 65 parking spaces on the site. To better accommodate truck movement, the Planning Commission supported the staff recommendation that parking be restricted from four spaces located in proximity to the loading area, which would reduce the total number of parking spaces to 61. A total of 267 parking spaces are provided on the E Street Flats portion of the property. The City Code requires 242 parking spaces based on the current uses of the building. The applicant has proposed using these additional 25 parking spaces as overflow parking for the retail store if needed. Joint parking facilities are permitted on the same lot for two or more uses when the number of spaces provided is equal to or greater than the sum of the separate requirements for City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for January 27, 2014 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2013\PC 13-017 - PUD Amendment_1201 County Road E - Goodwill\Memos_13-017 Page 4 of 9