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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for April 6, 2016 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-003 - Arden Square Master & Final PUD - 1160 County Road E\Memos_Reports_16-003 <br />Page 1 of 11 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: April 6, 2016 PC Agenda Item 4.C <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #16-003 – Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: Arden Square, LLC c/o The Commers Company <br /> Property Location: 1160 County Road E West <br /> Request: Master and Final Planned Unit Development <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Arden Square, LLC has requested a Master and Final Planned Unit Development (PUD) at 1160 <br />County Road E West in order to expand and rearrange the property’s parking lot and to complete <br />other site improvements. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The property at 1160 County Road E was first developed as a seasonal ski and golf shop in the <br />early 1970s. A Site Plan Review was approved in 1992 for the Commers Company for building <br />and site modifications to accommodate a new bank user (Planning Case 92-016). These plans <br />included the removal of a portion of the west side of the building to put in five drive-up lanes <br />under the existing building roof. Today, the 4,500 square foot space that was occupied by TCF <br />Bank is vacant and the roof over the drive-up lanes has been removed. American Red Cross is <br />the only tenant in the building and occupies approximately 5,000 square feet of space. <br /> <br />The proposed site modifications are part of a broader reinvestment in the property being <br />undertaken by Arden Square in an effort to attract a new tenant to the building. In conjunction <br />with the County Road E improvement project completed in 2015, the property owner agreed to <br />close off two driveways that were replaced with one, 24-foot wide driveway. Arden Square also <br />recently completed renovations to the front façade of the building. These improvements included <br />the removal the mansard and gable roof on the west side of the building, increasing window and <br />brick masonry coverage, and adding awnings and decorative lighting. The applicant has provided <br />photographs of this work in Attachment A. <br />