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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for March 4, 2015 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-004 - Valentine Bluff (1901 & 1941 County Road E2) - Preliminary and Final Plat, Rezoning and <br />Comp Plan Amendment\Memos_Reports_15-004 Page 11 of 15 <br /> <br />Findings of Fact: <br /> <br />Staff offers the following nineteen (19) findings of fact for this proposal: <br /> <br />General Findings: <br /> <br />1. The proposed Valentine Bluff subdivision is comprised of 4.77 acres. <br />2. The proposed Valentine Bluff subdivision property located at 1941 County Road E2 is <br />currently zoned R-1 Single Family Residential and the property located at 1901 County <br />Road E2 is currently zoned N-B Neighborhood Business. <br />3. The Valentine Bluff subdivision is proposed as R-2 Single & Two Family Residential. <br />4. The R-2 Single & Two Family Residential District permits up to five (5) units per acre. <br />5. The proposed Valentine Bluff development is proposed at 1.54 units per acre. <br />6. The Valentine Bluff subdivision property currently has the land use designations of <br />Public & Institutional and Neighborhood Business in the City’s 2030 Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />7. The applicant is proposing to re-plat the property into seven (7) single-family lots. <br />8. The applicant is proposing to construct seven (7) single-family homes. <br />9. No new streets will be constructed as a result of this development. <br />10. The proposed development requires park dedication. <br />11. The park dedication requirement for this application is six percent of the land in <br />dedication or a fee of six percent of the purchased price or some combination thereof. <br />The current purchase agreement between Landmark of Arden Hills, LLC <br />(Developer/Purchaser), and Bethel University (Owner/Seller) indicates a purchase price <br />of $856,000 for the two properties. Based on the purchase price the park dedication if <br />paid in a fee would be $51,360. <br />12. As currently designed the proposed plan is not in conformance with the City’s 2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan in regards to the land use classifications; the property at 1941 <br />County Road E2 is guided for Public & Institutional and the property at 1901 County <br />Road E2 is guided for Neighborhood Business. <br />13. The development plan would require that both properties be re-zoned to R-2 Single & <br />Two Family Residential District and designated in the Comprehensive Plan as Very Low <br />Density Residential. <br /> <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment Findings: <br /> <br />14. The applicant is proposing to amend the City’s Comprehensive Plan to re-designate the <br />land use classifications at 1941 & 1901 County Road E2 to Very Low Density <br />Residential in order to permit a density of 1.5 to 3 units per net acre. <br />15. The development will built at approximately 1.54 units per acre. <br />16. The proposed land use designation of Very Low Density Residential would be <br />compatible with the adjacent land uses.