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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for November 24, 2014 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-027 - Variance - Transwestern 1160 Grey Fox Road\Memos_Reports_14-027 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br />NEW BUSINESS – 8B <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: November 24, 2014 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Ryan Streff, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #14-027 <br /> Applicant: Transwestern Management <br /> Property Location: 1160 Grey Fox Road <br /> Request: Site Plan Review & Variance – Parking Lot Expansion <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />The Planning Commission did not vote to approve or deny the request in Planning Case 14-027 <br />for a parking lot expansion at 1160 Grey Fox Road. Both the motion to approve and the motion <br />to table resulted in a split vote (3-3). Therefore, the Planning Commission forwarded this Site <br />Plan Review and Variance request to the City Council with no recommendation. <br /> <br />Background/Overview of Request <br /> <br />Transwestern manages the property located at 1160 Grey Fox Road, which is zoned B-3 Service <br />Business District. The property is generally positioned north of the Canadian Pacific Rail Line, <br />south of Grey Fox Road, east of Dunlap Street North and west of Lexington Avenue. <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing to add an additional parking area consisting of thirty-three (33) <br />parking spaces to the property. The new parking area would be located along the western <br />property line and adjacent to the property located at 1230 Grey Fox Road. Transwestern has <br />reviewed the parking needs with the tenant and it has been deemed that the current parking area <br />is insufficient based on the number of parking spaces required for their use. Based on the review <br />performed by Transwestern fifty-three (53) parking spaces are needed for their use, however, <br />only thirty-three (33) parking spaces can be constructed on this site. The remaining twenty (20) <br />spaces being requested by the tenant are being proposed off-site in the Site Plan Review and <br />Variance request in Planning Case 2014-028.