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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—MAY 2, 2015 5 <br /> Councilmember Holden stated that the density for multi-family would need to be increased to <br /> 45units/acre in order to get a yield of 450 apartment units from 10 acres. Also, by using 19.5 acres <br /> for both NT-1 and NT-2 and a housing yield of 9 units per acre for NT-1 (total of 176) and 12 <br /> units per acre for NT-2 (total of 234), would equate to a housing unit yield of 860 in the Town <br /> neighborhood. The Council was in general agreement with this housing unit yield and mix for the <br /> Town. <br /> Councilmember Holden noted that the definition, as listed on page 30 of the TRC, for Transition <br /> Medium Density needs to be adjusted by deleting the phrase"or multi-family". <br /> The Council concurred with this proposal. <br /> The Council discussed the housing yield for the total project being in the 1360 range. This is <br /> broken down into the Creek at 149, the Hill at 350, and the Town at 860 (apartments at 450 and <br /> Town Transition at 410). It was noted that the maximum densities for these areas and subdistricts <br /> would be higher than what was discussed at this work session because the development only <br /> yields between 89 and 95 percent of the maximum densities due to parcel sizes and configurations <br /> and road alignments. <br /> The Council noted that allowing the subdistricts in the Creek and the Hill to move around <br /> (provided that the entire neighborhood was platted all at once) should improve the development <br /> efficiencies. The Council discussed allowing this flexibility for the Town neighborhood. It was <br /> further noted that when it comes to housing yield, some subdistricts, such as for the apartments, <br /> could be more efficient than other subdistricts, such as the NB-1 in the Creek. Overall, at 92% <br /> efficiency, a maximum density of 1480 would yield approximately 1362 housing units. <br /> Mayor Grant asked if the Council wanted to review and discuss any changes to the TRC. <br /> Mayor Grant stated that he had concerns with warehousing and allowing a height of 24 feet. <br /> Councilmember Holden stated that she was only prepared to discuss the three neighborhoods at <br /> this work session. She had not planned to review her Code issues or the "blue" area on the land <br /> use map. <br /> Councilmember Holmes stated that she did not agree with the definition of warehousing as listed <br /> on page 35 of the TRC. She stated that allowing 70% warehousing was too much. Additionally, <br /> she stated that the section of the Code(7.6) dealing with the Gateway Overlay District was lame. <br /> Councilmember Woodburn suggested that the concerns of the Council may be able to be <br /> addressed by not allowing any bulk warehousing. <br /> The Council discussed the definition of warehousing and the need for businesses to have a <br /> working inventory of materials and finished products. No one on the Council wanted the area to <br /> have warehousing as a primary use in TCAAP. <br /> Councilmember Holden reviewed, and the Council discussed, the Maxfield Study definitions (on <br /> page 121) for office showroom, office warehousing, and bulk warehousing. <br />