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NEW BUSINESS – 8A City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for March 30, 2015 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-004 - Valentine Bluff (1901 & 1941 County Road E2) - Preliminary and Final Plat, Rezoning and Comp Plan Amendment\Memos_Reports_15-004 Page 2 of 13 Business uses in the Comprehensive Plan. The site is bordered to the north and east by a system of wetlands within Tony Schmidt Regional Park, managed by Ramsey County. Generally, the topography of the properties is relatively flat around where the existing structures are located, but slopes down more significantly along the northern and eastern edges of the site. Small wetland areas are present in the far northeast and southeast corners of the site and are currently protected by easements held by the Rice Creek Watershed District. The Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Department has a sixty-eight (68) foot wide easement across the western portion of the 1941 County Road E2 property for the purpose of a future trail connection through the wetland complex in Tony Schmidt Regional Park. Project Proposal and Process 1. Project Description The site is approximately 4.77 gross acres in size and located near the intersection of New Brighton Road and County Road E2 and bordered by Tony Schmidt Regional Park to the north. The site is comprised of two contiguous parcels, both of which have existing structures on them that would be demolished as part of the project. Three separate driveways on County Road E2 currently provide access to the properties. After accounting for the right-of-way area that extends into County Road E2 and the flood plain/wetlands areas located on the site, 4.54 acres of net buildable area exists on the site. The applicant is requesting approval to subdivide the site into seven (7) single-family lots. In this case, the applicant is proposing four (4) driveways from County Road E2 in order to provide access to the residential lots. Limiting driveways from County Road E2 is accomplished by incorporating shared access from the County roadway for six of the proposed lots. The plans indicate that every other property would share an access with the neighboring property, except the easternmost lot would have its own individual access from County Road E2. In addition to the Preliminary & Final Plat for the subdivision, a rezoning and Comprehensive Plan amendment are being requested. Both properties would be rezoned to the R-2 Single and Two Family Residential District. In order to rezone the properties, the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan needs to be amended to reflect the new Very Low Density Residential land use for the site. The applicant has submitted a project narrative explaining the proposed redevelopment in greater detail and why the overall proposal is within the public interest (Attachment C). A complete plan set, including the Preliminary & Final Plat and Tree Preservation Plan, has also been submitted (Attachment D).