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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for February 4, 2014 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-036 - Red Fox Business Center PUD\Memos_Reports_14-036 Page 2 of 14 traffic. In this case, it is important to separate passenger vehicles and truck traffic whenever possible in order to minimize conflicts. Parking areas for passenger vehicles would be located along the front façade of Building 1 and along the front and side façades of Building 2. As indicated on the plan set, Building 1 provides a parking area consisting of 82 parking stalls and Building 2 has 80 parking stalls incorporated into its design. In this development, truck docks have been provided along the western façade of Building 1 and along the southeast façade of Building 2. The docks on these building have been positioned on the site to minimize their view from adjacent rights-of-way and neighboring buildings. Where less desirable views exist onthe site increased landscaping has been provided by the applicant. Both of the proposed buildings would be similar in design and use. The applicant expects 50% wholesaling and warehousing uses with the remainder of the space used for office space, business services, research and development, manufacturing and processing (class 1), retail, and other similar uses. Given the visibility of the property from Interstate 694 and Snelling Avenue, Roberts Management Group believes the project could attract some commercial showroom and retail tenants as well. As proposed, the buildings would be constructed with high quality tilt-up concrete panels with exposed aggregate. Decorative metal and anodized aluminum would be used as accent materials to provide architectural interest to the building façades and to create focal points for entryways and corners of the buildings. The applicant intends to use a significant amount of glass coverage on the front façades of each building by incorporating ribbon windows. Glass coverage on the front façade of both buildings would be approximately 42% with an average of approximately 22%-25% glass coverage when combined between all façades. Building 1 would be designed with a 22 foot clear height and Building 2 would be constructed with a 24 foot clear height in order to allow tenants to maximize the use of their space and the ability to store products vertically. Attachment B provides additional details on building elevations depicting the types of building materials that would be used for the building construction. The applicant has submitted a project narrative explaining the proposed Red Fox Business Center development in further detail, where flexibility is being requested, and why the overall proposal is within the public interest (Attachment A). A complete plan set, including the Site Plan, Tree Preservation & Landscaping Plan, and Photometric Plan have also been submitted (Attachment B). Planning Case 14-036 includes three requests: 1. Master Planned Unit Development 2. Final Planned Unit Development 3. Conditional Use Permit