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I <br /> MINUTES <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA DRAFT <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSESSION <br /> WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2001 <br /> 7:00 P.M. -ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br /> CALL TO ORDER <br /> Chair Steve Baker called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> Present were Chair Steve Baker, Commissioners Warren Pakulski, Clayton Zimmerman, <br /> Terri Duchenes, David Sand and Therese Galatowitsch(7:13 p.m.). <br /> Commissioner Steve Erickson was absent with prior notice. <br /> Also present were Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Lois Rem and Planner <br /> Jennifer Chaput. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> The Planning Commissioners generally discussed the cases on the agenda from first to <br /> last. <br /> Planner Chaput clarified the issue under discussion for Manufacturers' Services. The <br /> application was for the expansion of the parking area to the south in Phase I and to the <br /> west in Phase II, towards Round Lake Road. Only four of the existing loading docks were <br /> being used at this time so the loading area was restriped by the applicant within the last <br /> year to provide more parking. The building was built out with 31% office space but the <br /> parking provided appeared to meet their variance application of that time for 20%office. <br /> This application did not modify the percentage of office within the structure. <br /> Commissioner Zimmerman asked about the loading area and how the applicant was able <br /> to restripe it for parking when the doors were still useable?There was discussion that a <br /> condition on their application should be that the doors would not be useable due to the <br /> location of current parking. <br /> The Commissioners briefly reviewed the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment to <br /> change the setbacks from general development lakes from 75'to 50'. The Commissioners <br /> were in agreement on this issue, as it had been discussed over past meetings. <br /> The Commissioners began to review the six Ordinances listed on the agenda for future <br /> codification into the Zoning Ordinance. Under review were: subdivisions; adult <br /> entertainment; mobile homes; flood plains; shoreland management; and excavations. <br /> Since the adult entertainment ordinance had been adopted recently, the Commissioners <br /> did not believe that it needed to be re-reviewed. It was decided that the best method to <br />