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The most notable change to the land use chart is the addition of multi-family housing as a potential use through the PUD process. Multi-family housing includes condos,rental housing, and senior housing(owner or rental). Other changes include: • Hotel/motel use becomes a conditional use from a permitted use; • Theater, indoor becomes a conditional use from a prohibited use; and, • Land reclamation,mining, and vehicle-motorized, Ieasing and rentals are now prohibited. The Guiding Plan opens up the possibility for housing. A theater could be a beneficial use in the district. Land reclamation,mining, and vehicle rentals and leasing do not advance the purpose of B2 district. 1320.06—District Requirements Chart The district requirements chart lists the basic lot requirements for a development(i.e. minimum lot area, setbacks, coverage). While these provisions do set minimum City standards, it is not uncommon to provide some flexibility in the PUD process. The Guiding Plan calls for a more active, vibrant, and pedestrian focused community area. This purpose is advanced by bringing more customers and workers into the district, encouraging development closer to the street, and allowing a more efficient use of the land by increasing allowable height and building coverage. While these modified standards open up the possibility for more intensive development,the design standards in section 1325 note that a traffic study would be needed to evaluate impacts for any significant development proposal. Just because the regulations may allow for more intensive development does not mean the • City will approve it if the impacts are too great. As part of adding multi-family housing in this corridor, the maximum density is set at one unit per each 2,178 square feet of lot space,which equates to 20 units per acre. Due to land and development costs, a higher density will be needed than what is in other residential areas of the City. Density can also be a negotiating point in the PUD process. Although this is higher than in the other residential districts, the City Code does provide the possibility for 20 unit/acre density in the Civic Center district. The height limit was increased from 35 to 50 feet to allow for four story development as recommended by the Guiding Plan. Although the potential building lot coverage was increased and minimum landscape area was decreased, the Guiding Plan focuses on the quality of green space as opposed to the quantity. The Guiding Plan calls for increased trees near the street and the landscaped areas to be more intensively landscaped and useful for visitors to a site. The front, side, and corner setbacks were reduced to allow development closer to the street as recommended by the Guiding Plan. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for November 5, 2008 l iAhdocs]lahl4HdatalPlanninglPlanning Cases V2008108-028 B2 Design Standards1110508-PC report-B2 Design Standards.doc Page 4 of 8