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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 7 of 14 Where tree replacement on-site is not practical and a suitable off-site location cannot be determined by the City, a fee in lieu may be assessed for the replacement trees required. The fee amount shall be the cost of materials and installation, plus ten (10) percent. If the Planning Commission finds that additional tree plantings should be required as part of this development project a condition addressing additional tree plantings can be placed on the PUD request and recommended to the Council for consideration. B. Trees along Street Frontage – Flexibility Requested The City Code requires that a minimum of one tree be planted along the right-of-way (ROW) for every 50 feet of public street frontage. Approximately 313 feet front Red Fox Road and 967 feet front Snelling Avenue/Interstate 694. A total of 7 trees are required along the Red Fox Road ROW and 20 trees along the Snelling Avenue/Interstate 694 ROW. The applicant has proposed 8 trees along Red Fox Road and 14 trees along Snelling Avenue/Interstate 694. The applicant is requesting flexibility in order to reduce the number of trees along the Snelling Avenue/Interstate 694 ROW from 20 trees to 14 trees, which is a difference of 6 trees in this particular ROW section. C. Perennials and Shrubberies – Meets Requirements The City Code requires that at least ten (10) percent of the total landscaped area be covered with perennials and/or shrubbery. A total of 6,843 square feet of plantings are required for the development based on the Code’s requirements. The applicant has proposed 6,897 square feet, or 10.1% of the total landscape coverage area. D. Planting Islands – Meets Requirements At least ten (10) percent of a parking area must be occupied by planting islands that are at least 150 square feet in size and have at least one tree. With a total parking and driving area of 61,106 square feet the Code requires 6,111 square feet to be planting islands. A total planting island area of 7,045 square feet has been provided. Each island has a tree planting included, which meets the Code requirement. E. Off Street Parking Spaces – Meets Requirement Section 1325.06 of Zoning Code states that Business and Professional Offices are required to provide one (1) parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area, and one (1) parking space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area for other Business & Industry and Wholesaling & Warehousing uses. Based on these criteria one-hundred and fifty-one (151) parking spaces are required by the Code. As proposed, the parking lot contains 190 total parking spaces.