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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – OCTOBER 27, 2014 3 <br /> <br />Large Multi-Family Use A building containing more than fifty residential units which may <br />include apartments, condominiums, or senior housing. <br /> <br />Staff explained that Table 5.1 (Applicability/Permitted Use Table) was revised to reflect the <br />changes to the definitions. Use categories such as Cottage, Manor Home, and Stacked Flats were <br />removed, and the use table was adjusted to be consistent with the new definitions. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that based on discussions with <br />developers and the draft zoning text revisions reviewed tonight, the following assumptions can be <br />made regarding residential development on TCAAP: <br /> <br /> The Creek neighborhood will be developed with large-lot single family and upscale twin <br />homes. <br /> The Hill neighborhood will be developed with a mixture of small, medium, and large lot <br />single family along with some townhomes. <br /> The Neighborhood Transition area will be developed with small-lot single family, <br />detached townhomes, attached townhomes, and possibly one or two small condominium <br />buildings. <br /> The Town Center will be developed with 3-4 story, large-scale apartment or senior <br />housing developments. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Neighborhood <br /> <br /> <br />Acres <br />Projected <br />Average <br />Density <br /> <br />Total <br />Units <br />Creek 43 1.75 75 <br />Hill 66 5.0 330 <br />Neighborhood <br />Transition <br />46 10 460 <br />Town Center 15 40 600 <br />Total 1,465 <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hutmacher explained that the City Council has discussed <br />setting a maximum number of residential units on TCAAP. While this is a policy decision that can <br />be included in the Comprehensive Plan and/or in an agreement with Ramsey County, it becomes <br />difficult to implement on a project-by-project approval basis. If the City Council desires to have <br />greater control over the density or total number of units than what the changes to definitions and <br />Table 5.1 provide, then the following tools may be considered: <br /> <br /> Add overlays or districts that specify where types of housing, for example small multi- <br />family, could be built. <br /> Add densities to the definitions of housing types. For example, the definition of small <br />multi-family could include a provision that they have a density range of 6 to 12 units per <br />acre. <br /> Add criteria to Table 5.2 within certain districts. For example, small multi-family <br />buildings in the Neighborhood District could be required to be at a density of no more than <br />8 units per acre and/or have only 5 units per building.