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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—MAY 18, 2015 3 <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher stated that at work sessions on May 2 and 4, <br /> 2015, the City Council discussed: <br /> • Changes to the size, density, and permitted uses with the Neighborhood and Neighborhood <br /> Transition districts. <br /> • Language restricting warehousing as an accessory use to Manufacturing and Processing <br /> within the Flex Office and Campus Commercial districts. <br /> • Additional requirements for the Overlay District. <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher explained that staff has been working with <br /> Kimley-Horn and the City Attorney to address these items. She reviewed the proposed changes in <br /> further detail with the Council and asked for comments. <br /> Councilmember Woodburn asked if the warehousing space would be allowed in office and <br /> manufacturing. <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher discussed the draft language and noted that the <br /> Code was proposing to only allow warehousing as an accessory to manufacturing uses. She <br /> indicated that manufacturing uses would have to have 30% office space. She provided further <br /> comment on manufacturing business park standards. <br /> Councilmember Holden discussed the 30% office space requirement. She wanted to see a clear <br /> division between principal and secondary uses for manufacturing sites. <br /> Mayor Grant expressed concern with the manufacturing language stating that he did not want to <br /> see substantial warehousing on these sites. <br /> City Attorney Jamnik reviewed the redundancy in the Code language regarding primary and <br /> secondary uses noting again that 30% of manufacturing sites would have to be office. <br /> Councilmember Holmes wanted to see manufacturing as the exclusive or principal use on site <br /> and not warehousing. <br /> Further discussion ensued regarding manufacturing and warehouse uses. <br /> Councilmember Woodburn was in favor of leaving the language `as is'. <br /> Mayor Grant questioned if the Council supported the density numbers within the TCAAP <br /> Redevelopment Code (TRC). <br /> Councilmember McClung did not support the numbers. <br /> Councilmember Holmes was in favor of the proposed density numbers. She requested further <br /> clarification on the differences between NB-3 and NB-4. <br /> Community Development Director Hutmacher explained that the differences between NB-3 <br /> and NB-4 noting the uses that are allowed as well as those that are not allowed for each. <br />