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______________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Work Session for October 19, 2015 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2015\PC 15-021 - Zoning Code Amendment - Outdoor Display and Sales\Memos_15- <br />021 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />DATE: October 19, 2015 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Associate Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Outdoor Display and Sales Zoning Regulations <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City is currently reviewing outdoor display and sales in its commercial districts and whether <br />the Zoning Code should be updated to further regulate these activities. At the City Council Work <br />Session on September 21, 2015, staff presented research on different ways that several cities in <br />the metro area regulate outdoor display and sales. Based on the review of best practices used in <br />other communities, staff provided initial recommendations for updates to the Zoning Code. The <br />City Council directed staff to complete further work on the recommended dimension standards <br />for display areas and to report back at a future Work Session meeting. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />The initial recommendation in the staff report for the September 21, 2015 Work Session was for <br />a maximum outdoor display area of 200 square feet. Staff has since revised its recommendation <br />for the permitted display area to the following: two (2) percent of the gross floor area of the <br />principal building or 300 square feet, whichever is greater. This modification would increase the <br />minimum area allowed for all properties from 200 to 300 square feet and would allow larger <br />retailers, such as grocery or home improvement stores, to have slightly larger display areas more <br />proportional to the size of their store footprints. The table below provides what three local <br />businesses would be allowed for display areas if this standard were adopted: <br /> <br />Business <br />Total Gross Floor <br />Area (s.f.) <br />2% Gross Floor <br />Area (s.f.) <br />Permitted Display <br />Area (s.f.) <br />Cub Foods 68,566 sf 1,371 1,371 <br />Walgreens 14,490 sf 290 300 <br />Holiday Service Station 5,563 sf 111 300 <br />AGENDA ITEM 1-B <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />