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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – MAY 26, 2015 4 MOTION: Councilmember McClung moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to approve the Consent Calendar as amended removing Item 5E and adding Item 5G, and to authorize execution of all necessary documents contained therein. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). 6. PULLED CONSENT ITEMS None. 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS None. 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Planning Case 15-008 – PUD Amendment – Holiday Station – 1920 Highway 96 West Associate Planner Bachler stated that in 2005, the City approved a Master PUD and Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in Planning Case 05-013 for the development of a Holiday service station and convenience store at 1920 West Highway 96. A CUP was required for the proposed use of the property as a service station with convenience retail and car wash in the G-B - Gateway Business District. The site was developed through the PUD process and allowed the developer flexibility on parking lot setback requirements and the use of certain building materials in exchange for additional landscaping on the property and an overall superior building design. Associate Planner Bachler commented that Holiday Stationstores, Inc. has proposed to install accent lighting on the canopy and building of the existing service station and convenience store. The accent lighting would be comprised of individual LED lights contained within a 0.75 inch diameter translucent blue tube designed to diffuse and dim the lighting. The light fixtures would be placed along the entire length of the building roofline and along the top edge of the canopy. Associate Planner Bachler reviewed the Plan Review and explained that the Planning Commission has recommended two conditions that would require automatic dimmers to be installed to reduce the nighttime brightness of the proposed architectural accent lighting and the existing LED lights on the Holiday monument sign. Each dimmer would reduce the light output of the fixtures to 350 nits at night. As a point of comparison, Holiday recently recorded a reading of 1,113 nits for the blue LED lights on the monument sign. The applicant has agreed to these conditions and would work with staff on completing a test of the light fixtures after installation to ensure compliance. Associate Planner Bachler indicated that a nit measures luminance, or how bright a light fixture is at its source. The technical definition for this unit of measurement is one nit is equal to one candela per square meter. A common candle has a luminous intensity of approximately one candela. Currently, the City does not have standards in place for the permitted luminance of decorative accent lighting. The Zoning Code only regulates the illuminance of a light fixture, which is the amount of light falling onto a surface.