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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for November 30, 2015 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-019 - Zoning Code Amendment - B-2 & B-3 Design Standards - Window <br />Transparency\Memos_Reports_15-019 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: November 30, 2015 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #15-019: Zoning Code Amendment – B-2 and B-3 District <br />Design Standards Façade Transparency Requirements <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />1) Motion to approve Ordinance Number 2015-010 in Planning Case 15-019 for an <br />amendment to Chapter 13, Section 1325.05, Subd. 8(F) of the Arden Hills City Code <br />based on the findings of fact as presented in the November 30, 2015, Report to the City <br />Council. <br />2) Motion to approve publishing a Summary of Ordinance Number 2015-010 (A <br />supermajority vote is required for this motion. The City Attorney has notified the City <br />that, despite the current Council vacancy, a 4/4 vote is required for items that require <br />supermajority approval). <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />At the Joint Work Session on March 16, 2015, the City Council and Planning Commission <br />discussed the need to clarify the façade transparency requirements included in the B-2 and B-3 <br />District Design Standards. The Design Standards now require commercial and multi-family <br />residential buildings to provide a certain amount of transparent window coverage on façades that <br />front a public street or that are reasonably visible from the right-of-way. There have been recent <br />development projects in the City where questions have arisen about the intent of the transparency <br />requirement and how visible a building’s interior needs to be to satisfy the standards. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CONSENT AGENDA 6-C