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landscaping improvements shown on the Landscaping Plan. The plan includes the installation of parking lot islands within the main parking area on Lot 3, which has not yet been completed. The Planning Commission recommended as a condition of approval that the property owner be required to complete these parking lot landscaping improvements prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for either Building #2 (Phase II) or Building #4 (Phase III). The proposed amendment would not modify the existing Landscape Plan other than a reduction in the parking lot planting islands. The Zoning Code requires that at least ten percent of a parking area be occupied by planting islands that include one tree and are a minimum of 150 square feet in size. Three planting islands would be removed on the south side of the site to accommodate the outdoor sales area, resulting in a reduction in the planting island area from 10.5 percent to 9.5 percent. D. Parking Since tenants for the future development phases have yet to be determined it is difficult to calculate the exact number of required parking spaces for the retail center based on the Zoning Code regulations. The Master PUD assumes that a retail tenant would occupy the 20,136 square foot Building #4 on Lot 5 and that a restaurant use would be located in the 6,000 square foot Building #2 on Lot 2. For the purpose of this evaluation, staff assumed that all buildings would have the same percentage of gross retail sales floor area as the Walgreens at 80 percent. Based on this, the total number of parking stalls required for the site would be 497 spaces. This calculation does not take into account the shared parking agreement that allows users to park anywhere on the site and walk to their destination. The proposed PUD Amendment would result in a net increase of one parking space within the development for a total of 440 spaces. The current Master Plan for the site, as amended in Planning Case 11-016, includes 439 stalls. Structure Coverage (square feet) Required Retail Parking (1 stall/150 sq. ft. gross sales floor area) Lot 1 (Walgreens) 14,572 78 Lot 2 (Future Building #2) 6,000 32 Lot 3 (Building #5 – Retail Center) 35,801 191 Lot 4 (Building #5 – Frattallone’s) 16,609 89 Lot 5 (Future Building #4) 20,136 107 Total Required Parking 497 Proposed Parking Stalls (PC 15-002) 440 PUD Amendment (PC 11-016) 439 City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for February 23, 2015 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-002 - Arden Plaza - Master PUD Amendment and Subdivision\Memos_15-002 Page 5 of 12