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'it ,-ARZEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 4, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Matthew Bachler, Associate Planner SUBJECT: Regulations on Warehousing Uses within the TCAAP Redevelopment Code Background The purpose of this memo is to provide additional information on how the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) will regulate warehousing uses on the TCAAP site. Generally, the primary ways that the TRC controls warehousing uses are though the zoning district land use table, building and site development standards, and building design standards. Discussion Definition - Section 4.0 Definitions are only included in the TRC if they are not already defined in the Arden Hills Zoning Code, or if the definition in the two documents differs. The Arden Hills Zoning Code defines warehousing as, "the storage and distribution of materials or equipment within an enclosed building, but not including personal storage facility." The TRC does not include a separate definition for warehousing. Schedule of Permitted Uses - Section 5.0 Warehousing is permitted in the Campus Commercial and Flex Office Districts only as an accessory use to an existing principal use on the property. Table 5.2 - Additional Use Criteria further requires that for buildings where warehousing is an accessory use, a minimum of 30 percent of the gross building square footage must be in office use. Building and Site Development Standards - Section 6.1 (c) The TRC establishes the following standards for warehousing facilities with loading docks: • Maximum clear height of 24 feet as measured from the surface of the ground floor to the lowest point of the ceiling. • No more than one loading dock per 10,000 square feet of building area. • Cross docks prohibited. • Loading docks must be located in the side or rear yard and screened from view of the public right-of-way. Page 1 of l