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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—NOVEMBER 24, 2014 11 City Planner Streff indicated that the applicant is proposing to add an additional parking area consisting of twenty (20) parking spaces to the property. The proposed parking area would be constructed just south of the existing building and north of Grey Fox Road with access provided from Grey Fox Road. This new parking area would be an extension to the west of the existing parking area. City Planner Streff explained that the proposed parking area to be constructed at 3728 Dunlap Street North would be utilized by the tenant at 1160 Grey Fox Road in order to meet their parking needs. As stated in Planning Case 14-027, Transwestern has reviewed the current parking needs of the tenant at 1160 Grey Fox Road and determined that parking at this site alone is not adequate for the tenant's use of the property. Based on the review performed by Transwestern, fifty-three (53) additional parking spaces are needed for the use at 1160 Grey Fox Road. If the Site Plan Review and Variance in Planning Case 14-027 is approved for an additional thirty-three (33) parking spaces then the site at 3728 Dunlap Street North would only require a parking area for twenty (20) additional parking spaces. Transwestern attempted to fit all the parking spaces within the parcel located at 1160 Grey Fox Road, however, only thirty-three (33) parking spaces could be constructed on the site. City Planner Streff reported that in order to address storm water issues a bio-retention basin has been proposed to capture the additional runoff from the new parking area. The storm water management plan for this area has been reviewed and conditional approval granted by the Rice Creek Watershed District. The Assistant City Engineer has also given conditional approval of the Grading and Erosion Control Plan contingent on the approval of this planning case (See Attachment I). City Planner Streff commented that both of the parcels discussed in this case and in Planning Case 14-027 are owned by the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company. The City would require that a cross access easement agreement be filed with Ramsey County in order to permit access to the new parking area from Grey Fox Road for the employees at 1160 Grey Fox Road. A parking easement over the dedicated twenty (20) parking spaces would also be required by the City in order to permanently permit the use of these parking spaces by the tenant of 1160 Grey Fox Road. City Planner Streff reviewed the Plan Evaluation and Variance Evaluation Criteria in detail with the Council. City Planner Streff offered the following seventeen (17) Findings of Fact: General Findings 1. That the property is located in the B-4 Retail Center Zoning District. 2. That the lot is 116,244 square feet in size with approximate dimensions of 270 feet in width, and 430 feet in depth. 3. That the property consists of a principal building of 44,590 square feet in size. 4. That the property has access off of both Dunlap Street North and Grey Fox Road. 5. That the Zoning Code requires that there are 45 parking spaces for this use. 6. That the parking lot currently contains 53 parking spaces. 7. That the new parking area will consist of 20 new parking spaces. These spaces will be utilized by the tenant located at 1160 Grey Fox Road.