Laserfiche WebLink
<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 3 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />Coverage Type Permitted Existing Proposed <br />Impervious Coverage 75% 75.94% 79.68% <br />Landscaping Coverage 25% 24.06% 20.32% <br /> <br />C. Parking – Variance Requested <br /> <br />Within the design standards for the B-3 Zoning District placing parking between the <br />street right-of-way and the building is discouraged. The standards within this section also <br />state that no more than fifty (50) percent of the parking on the site may be located <br />between the buildings or in the side yard. <br /> <br />The subject property was developed before the B-3 Design Standards were adopted into <br />the Zoning Code in 2008. In this particular case the current property as developed does <br />not allow for parking in any other configuration than in the side yard on the west side of <br />the building. No parking is proposed between the building and the street. <br /> <br />D. Off-Street Parking – Meets Requirements <br /> <br />In Section 1325.06 of the Zoning Code it states that Business and Industry uses are <br />required to provide one (1) parking space for each employee on a major shift plus 1 for <br />each vehicle used in conducting the business or 1 for each 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area, <br />whichever, is greater. Based on this criterion one-hundred and thirty-three (133) parking <br />spaces are required by the Code. The current parking lot contains 148 total parking <br />spaces. As proposed thirty-three (33) new parking spaces would be created as a result of <br />the parking lot expansion project, which would result in a total of 181 parking spaces at <br />completion. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Additional Review <br /> <br />a. The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) reviewed the plans for this request and <br />determined that a RCWD Permit would be required for the proposed project. <br />b. The Building Official reviewed the plans for the project and had no additional <br />comments. <br />c. The City Engineer reviewed the proposal and stated that a Grading and Erosion <br />Control Permit is needed for this project. <br /> <br /> <br />Type/Total Required Existing Proposed <br /> <br />Building Size (sq. ft.) 132,247 132,247 132,247 <br />Parking Stall Count 133 148 181