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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 31, 2014 7 <br /> and authorizing the publication of a notice of the hearing (PHS/Lake <br /> Minnetonka Campus Project). The motion carried (5-0). <br /> C. Planning Case 14-009—Multi-Family Design Standards <br /> City Planner Streff stated that in January 2013, the City Council requested that staff review the <br /> City's minimum unit size standards for multi-family dwelling units. Currently, these standards <br /> require multi-family dwelling units to be a minimum of 600 square feet, with an additional 100 <br /> square feet required for each bedroom. The Council expressed concerns that the standards could <br /> permit multi-bedroom apartments that do not provide adequate floor area per resident. <br /> City Planner Streff noted that staff collected information from seven cities in the metro region <br /> that have adopted minimum unit size standards. The cities included New Brighton, Blaine, White <br /> Bear Lake, Maplewood, Fridley, Coon Rapids, and Bloomington. An analysis was completed <br /> comparing the average square footage required per unit in these cities with Arden Hills' standards. <br /> Staff also looked at ten multi-family development projects that have recently been completed or <br /> that are under construction in outer-ring suburban communities to evaluate the average unit sizes <br /> currently being built in the private market. These projects are located in the communities of New <br /> Brighton, White Bear Lake, Arden Hills, Elk River, Apple Valley, Ramsey, Eagan, Osseo, and <br /> Maple Grove. <br /> City Planner Streff commented that at the City Council work session on January 13, 2014, staff <br /> reviewed this data with the Council. Based on the comments provided by the Council, staff <br /> drafted Ordinance 2014-003, which would revise the minimum unit size standards for multi- <br /> family dwelling units. <br /> City Planner Streff reported that the amendment to the multi-family design standards would <br /> decrease the required square footage for efficiency apartment units and increase the required <br /> square footage for two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, as well as the additional floor area <br /> required for each additional bedroom. The City Council directed staff to make these changes so <br /> that the City's standards better reflect the requirements used by other cities and what is currently <br /> being constructed by the private market. <br /> City Planner Streff explained that the Planning Commission reviewed Section 1325.045, Subd. 1 <br /> of the Multi-family Dwelling Units Additional Conditional Use Permit Criteria of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance during their meeting on March 5, 2014. The proposed changes to the Multi-family <br /> Design Standards were discussed by the Commission and the consensus was that the current <br /> standards for multi-family units do not need to be revised as they are sufficient for future <br /> development. However, the Commission believed that a reduction in size for efficiency units was <br /> reasonable. The Commission supported a change to between 450-550 square feet for efficiency <br /> units. <br /> City Planner Streff indicated that the Planning Commission thought the City should not be too <br /> restrictive with the multi-family design standards and that the market should be allowed to control <br /> the size of units built. It was also a concern that if a change did occur a significant amount of <br /> variances would be requested in the future to satisfy the needs of developers. The Commission did <br />
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