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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for April 5, 2017 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-008 - Lexington Station - Master PUD Amendment and Final PUD Phase 2\Memos_Reports_17-008 Page 2 of 17 approved Master PUD Site Plan has been included in Attachment C. Roberts Management is requesting an amendment for Phases 2 and 3 of the approved PUD. 1. Overview of Request Roberts Management has proposed modifications to the Master PUD based on changes in market demand and from their experience with Phase 1 of the development. For Phase 2, the existing building at 1120 Red Fox Road would be demolished and a new 16,922 square foot retail/office building would be constructed in its place. The proposed floor plan shows a total of 12 tenant bays within the building with the two bays at the north and south end of the building being slightly larger in size. The building would be repositioned closer to the western property boundary, which would allow for construction of a greater number of parking stalls to serve the two buildings. Phase 2 calls for an additional 155 parking stalls, which would bring the total number of spaces for the first two phases to 230. A drive-up window has also been added on the south side of the building. For Phase 3, the footprint of the multi-tenant commercial building on Lexington Avenue has been reduced to 15,210 square feet. A drive-up window has also been added on the north side of the building and would be accessed by a drive lane along the east side of the building. The two retail/office buildings would be replaced by one 17,841 square foot retail building at the southwest corner of the site. The original proposal had included some underground parking for the two retail/office buildings and this would be replaced by additional surface parking. After the completion of Phase 3, the total number of parking stalls for the development would be 413. With the completion of Phase 2, three driveways would provide access to the site: two on Red Fox Road and one on Lexington Avenue. A new access driveway would be constructed in conjunction with Phase 3 on Lexington Avenue in alignment with the Target service road, and the existing Lexington Avenue driveway would be closed. The approved Master PUD Agreement states that Ramsey County will condition this new driveway access on the installation of necessary traffic controls at this intersection, which is expected to be signalized. Roberts Management anticipates they will commence work on Phase 2 this year with the demolition of the existing building at 1120 Red Fox Road and the expansion of the shared parking areas for Phases 1 and 2. Construction on the Phase 2 building would likely take place during 2018. Phase 3 is expected to be completed between 2021 and 2023. 2. Planned Unit Development (PUD) Process: The Planned Unit Development process is a tool that provides additional flexibility for development that an underlying zoning district would not otherwise allow. For example, a PUD may make exceptions to setbacks, lot coverage, parking requirements, signage, building