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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – MARCH 30, 2015 11 Associate Planner Bachler stated that the City Attorney has reviewed the course of action being proposed by staff for City Council consideration of Planning Case 15-002 and concurs with the staff recommendation. Associate Planner Bachler commented that the first component of the application is the Preliminary Plat to subdivide Lot 3 within the existing Arden Plaza Plat into three separate parcels. The proposed Final Plat name for the subdivision would be Arden Plaza 2nd Addition. Frattallone’s Ace Hardware, which is a current tenant in the retail center, has approached Wellington Management regarding the purchase of its store and the existing outdoor seasonal sales area. To accommodate this, Lot 3, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition would be created comprised of the Frattallone’s portion of the building, the area now occupied by the seasonal sales area, and related parking and service areas. Associate Planner Bachler indicated that the second lot created by the subdivision, Lot 2, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition, would be comprised of the remaining retail center, the primary parking area, access drives on County Road E and Lexington Avenue, and the stormwater pond at the southeast corner of the site. The lot line between the retail center on Lot 2, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition and the Frattallone’s Ace Hardware store on Lot 3, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition would be defined by a demising wall, which is a common wall used by separate real estate entities erected on a line dividing two parcels of land. The City Building Official has been working with the property owner on the specifications of the demising wall and building permits will be required prior to construction. Approval of the Final Plat will be conditioned on the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed remodeling work. The Final Plat will be brought back to the City Council for approval once the Certificate of Occupancy has been issued. Associate Planner Bachler explained that the third lot, Lot 1, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition, is located on Lexington Avenue and would include the future Building #4, which is proposed to be constructed in Phase III of the redevelopment. The proposed footprint of Building #4 has increased from the approved Master PUD. The submitted master site plan indicates that this building would be 20,136 square feet in size, an increase of 2,136 square feet from the 2009 PUD approval. Associate Planner Bachler reported Wellington Management is requesting an amendment to the Master PUD to address the following four items: 1. Account for the subdivision of Lot 3 within the existing Arden Plaza Plat into three separate lots. 2. Allow for the creation of a non-conforming parcel (Lot 3, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition) that does not have frontage on a public street. 3. Increase the size of Building #4 on the proposed Lot 1, Arden Plaza 2nd Addition from 18,000 square feet, as approved in Planning Case 09-011, to 20,136 square feet. 4. Modify the parking lot layout in the Master Site Plan to retain 12 existing parking stalls at the north end of the retail center and accurately account for the outdoor seasonal sales area footprint approved in Planning Case 97-009. Associate Planner Bachler reviewed the Plan Evaluation in detail with the Council.