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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for October 31, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-024 - Arden Plaza - 1150 County Road E - Final PUD\Memos_Reports_16-024 Page 2 of 9 MedExpress has requested a Final PUD for Phase II to develop 1150 County Road E for a 4,733 square foot neighborhood medical clinic. The Master PUD Site Plan shows Phase II being developed as a 6,000 square foot commercial building (Attachment C). The proposal would result in an overall lower density of development on the site than what was originally approved for Phase II. The development plans are in substantial conformance with the Master PUD plans. MedExpress operates numerous medical centers similar to the one proposed for Arden Plaza across the country, and the company is expanding its operations in Minnesota. Local medical centers have recently opened in Eden Prairie and Plymouth. MedExpress offers a broad scope of services, including urgent care, employer health services, and basic wellness and prevention services. The Arden Hills center would be open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The clinic would be oriented towards the other buildings within the Arden Plaza retail center with the main entrance located at the southeast corner of the building. Surface parking including 29 stalls would be placed on the south side of the lot and would be mostly screened from County Road E by the building and landscaping improvements. Sidewalks have been provided for pedestrian connections with the public sidewalk on County Road E and the internal retail center sidewalks. Plan Evaluation The Planning Commission reviewed Planning Case 16-024 at their regular meeting on October 5, 2016. The staff report to the Planning Commission is included as Attachment I. The applicant has since revised their development plans based on comments provided by the Lake Johanna Fire Department regarding fire truck turning movement in the parking lot. This has primarily impacted the landscape plan for the site. Additionally, the sign plan was updated based on the Planning Commission recommendation that wall signage be reduced to no more than 150 square feet. The following section provides a summary only of those sections that have changed from the Planning Commission report due to the plan revisions. 1. Chapter 13, Zoning Code Review Section 1320 – District Provisions B. Lot Size, Structure Coverage, and Landscaping The Arden Plaza Master PUD is comprised of five separate lots and individual development proposals are evaluated as if the retail center was one continuous development. The site as a whole is expected to conform to the structure and landscape coverage requirements for the B-2 District while individual lots within the PUD may exceed the underlying zoning requirements.