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NEW BUSINESS – 8B <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: January 26, 2015 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #14-035 <br /> Applicant: Frattallone’s Hardware Inc. <br /> Property Address: 1203 County Road E <br /> Request: Site Plan Review <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Motion to approve Planning Case 14-035 for a Site Plan Review at 1203 County Road E to <br />reduce the number of required parking spaces for the proposed use of the property, based on the <br />findings of fact and the submitted plans, as amended by the five (5) conditions in the January 26, <br />2015, Report to the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Frattallone’s Hardware Inc. recently purchased the property at 1203 County Road E in order to <br />remodel the former furniture store building on the site for use as administrative offices and <br />storage. The existing building is a one story split-level with 23,155 square feet of space on the <br />main level and an additional 18,661 square feet in the basement area. Frattallone’s is proposing <br />to renovate 12,770 square feet on the main floor for general office space and 8,746 square feet of <br />space in the basement area for storage space for off-season items for the hardware store <br />operations. The remaining 20,300 square feet in the building would remain unoccupied at this <br />time. The renovations do not include alterations to the exterior of the site other than resurfacing <br />and restriping the existing parking area. A fifteen-foot wide one way traffic lane is proposed with <br />vehicles entering at the eastern access driveway and exiting at the west end of the parking lot. <br /> <br />The property is located in the City’s B-2 General Business District. The Zoning Code requires <br />that proposals for new construction, redevelopment of a site, and significant modifications to <br />existing sites in this district to use the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process. However, <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for January 26, 2015 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-035 - Site Plan Review - 1203 County Road E\Memos_14-035 <br />Page 1 of 5