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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for May 6, 2015 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-009 - CUP Amendment - Bethel University - Soccer Building\Memos_Reports_15-009 <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />facility building as depicted in the building plans (Attachment B) is twenty-three (23) feet <br />in height. <br /> <br />The Zoning Code allows accessory structures associated with non-residential uses to be a <br />maximum size of 2,184 square feet. The structure as proposed has a footprint of 1,200 <br />square feet with dimensions of twenty (20) feet by sixty (60) feet. The structure also <br />include a 400 square foot scoring tower that is twenty (20) feet by twenty (20) feet within <br />the upper level for a total floor area of 1,600 square feet. <br /> <br />B. Landscaping and Tree Preservation – Meets Requirements <br /> <br />The proposed project is not expected to impact any significant trees on the property. If <br />any significant trees are removed as a result of the project, mitigation may be required as <br />regulated by the Tree Preservation Ordinance. The submitted landscaping plan does <br />indicate nine (9) trees within thirty (30) feet of the proposed structure that would be <br />protected during construction. <br /> <br />Since the proposal includes additional building space, the City’s landscaping <br />requirements apply (Zoning Code, 1325.05 Subd. 1 Landscaping). The minimum <br />landscape requirements are determined based on the gross square footage of new building <br />space. In this case, the applicant would be required to provide 5 caliper inches of tree <br />plantings (1,600 square feet / 320 = 5). Each deciduous tree is required to be a minimum <br />of two and one-half (2.5) caliper inches and each coniferous tree is required to be six (6) <br />feet in height. Bethel University has proposed five (5) caliper inches of tree plantings on <br />the Ona Orth Athletic Field complex. <br /> <br />C. Lighting – Meets Requirements <br /> <br /> No additional outside lighting is proposed as part of this project to illuminate the soccer <br />field. However, three (3) recessed can lights would be placed under the soffit/eave area <br />along the west elevation for security purposes. No lighting would be placed on the street <br />side (Snelling Avenue) of the structure. <br /> <br />D. Screening and Fencing – Meets Requirements <br /> <br /> With the exception of the electric meter on the east side of the structure all other <br />mechanical equipment would be enclosed within the building. No additional screening is <br />required as part of this proposal. <br /> <br />E. Parking, Loading, and Circulation – Meets Requirements <br /> <br /> The new soccer facility building is not anticipated to generate an additional parking <br />demand because the structure is only intended to be occupied by teams using the existing <br />field during soccer events.