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1 Project Narrative The Tavern Grill Restaurant and Bar - Arden Plaza Arden Hills, MN July 6, 2015 July 24, 2015 Revised History Arden Plaza, LLC submitted and received approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in 2009, with a revised pharmacy development plan and recorded plat in 2011, followed by final construction plans of Phase 1 improvements in 2012. The 2009 approved master plan included 97,035 sf of retail/commercial buildings (including a 3,917 sf mezzanine for the Frattallone’s Hardware store offices) and had originally subdivided the parcels into four lots. In 2011, two of the lots in the northeast corner were combined and platted as a single lot, for a development of a Walgreen’s pharmacy, thus 3 lots were officially platted in 2011 showing four building masses involving the Arden Plaza Plat. Phase 1 Construction of the Arden Plaza site included the Walgreen’s building and parcel (Lot 1 in the northeast corner), and included the implementation of the four required storm water rain gardens (bio-filtration basins) for the full development, along with modified parking and circulation improvements involving the northeast parcel. In 2015, an Amended PUD, Platting, and Conditional Use Permit(Frattallone’s Garden Center) was approved by the City reflecting the request to further subdivide the larger Lot 3 parcel(existing strip mall) into three new lots, primarily for Frattallone’s to own their own site and to create a separate development pad along Lexington. This new plat, which is in process of being recorded, is being identified as Arden Plaza 2nd Addition (Lot 1-3). Lot 1(Tavern Grill restaurant) is the future development parcel along Lexington Avenue, and is the area being proposed by this application. Lot 2 is the existing strip mall with related general parking, access drives, and regional storm pond, while Lot 3 is the Frattallone’s Hardware site. The Amended PUD provided some parking reductions and building square footage reallocations, based on the completed Phase 1 Improvements(Walgreen’s) Final Planned Unit Development(PUD) This application is specifically involving the final development plan for Lot 1, Block 1, Arden Plaza 2 nd Addition(Lexington Avenue parcel), involving a sit down restaurant called Tavern Restaurant. The intent of the Final PUD is to verify general conformance of the development plans to the previous approved 2015 PUD. Notable variations are highlighted below. Use and size of the building is most notable. The current proposed use is a 9,500 SF sit down restaurant with a 3,050 SF outdoor patio versus the previous approved 20,136 SF retail building, along with the service area moving from the south end of the building to the north. This 10,636 SF building reduction has also reduced impervious surface. The restaurant has 256 permanent seats, along with approximately 106 seasonal outdoor patio seats. Parking has remained the same at 440 spaces(4.53/1000sf) for the shopping center, but since the proposed use has changed to a restaurant, the parking ratio requirements tend to be different than straight retail. Previous City Staff parking calculations assumed 107 parking spaces associated with the