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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – November 5, 2014 2 <br /> <br />City Planner Streff stated that Transwestern manages the property located at 1160 Grey Fox <br />Road, which is zoned B-3 Service Business District. The property is generally positioned north of <br />the Canadian Pacific Rail Line, south of Grey Fox Road, east of Dunlap Street North and west of <br />Lexington Avenue. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff explained that the applicant is proposing to add an additional parking area <br />consisting of thirty-three (33) parking spaces to the property. The new parking area would be <br />located along the western property line and directly between the adjacent building (1230 Grey <br />Fox Road) and the principal building located on property. Transwestern has reviewed the current <br />parking needs with the tenant and it has been deemed that the current parking area is insufficient <br />based on number of parking spaces required for their use. Based on the review performed by <br />Transwestern fifty-three (53) parking spaces are needed for their use; however, only thirty-three <br />(33) parking spaces can be constructed on this site without completely redesigning the entire <br />parking lot or adding a parking deck or ramp to the site. The remaining twenty (20) spaces being <br />requested by the tenant are being proposed in the Site Plan Review and Variance request in <br />Planning Case 2014-028. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff reported that as indicated by the applicant the new parking area would be <br />constructed along the western property line and over an existing infiltration basin used to collect <br />runoff from the two parking lots surrounding the drainage area. A replacement subgrade <br />infiltration basin is being proposed for the area beneath the new parking area. This basin would <br />outlet into a newly constructed retention pond proposed towards the northern end of the property. <br />The stormwater management plan for this area has been reviewed and conditional approval <br />granted by the Rice Creek Watershed District. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff commented that the applicant has indicated that the new parking area would <br />have access from both the subject property and the adjacent property to the west located at 1230 <br />Grey Fox Road. Both of these parcels are owned by the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance <br />Company. The City would require that a cross access easement agreement be filed with Ramsey <br />County in order to permit access to the new parking area from 1230 Grey Fox Road. <br /> <br />Land Use Plan: <br />Site Data <br />I/O - Light Industrial and Office <br />Existing Land Use: LI – Light Industrial <br />Zoning: B-3 Service Business District <br />Current Lot Sizes: 7.66 Acres <br />Topography: Fairly Flat <br /> <br />City Planner Streff reviewed the surrounding area, the Plan Evaluation and the Variance <br />Evaluation Criteria. <br /> <br />City Planner Streff provided the Findings of Fact for review: <br /> <br />General Findings <br />1. That the property is located in the B-3 Service Business Zoning District. <br />2. That the lot is 333,523 square feet in size with approximate dimensions of 430 feet in <br />width, and 745 feet in depth. <br />3. That the property consists of a principal building of 132,247 square feet in size.