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Attachment E -- iVEN HILLS Approved: CITY OF ARDEN HILLS,MINNESOTA PLANNING COMMISSION WEDNESDAY,MAY 3,2017 6:30 P.M. -ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL PLANNING CASES A. Planning Case 17-012; 4255-4295 Lexington Avenue North — CSM Corporation — Master and Final Planned Unit Development—Public Hearing Hannah Rybak, WSB, stated CSM Corporation owns the Arden Hills Corporate Center located off of Lexington Avenue just north of the Boston Scientific corporate campus. The 16.6-acre site is comprised of four lots that were created through two separate subdivisions granted by the City in 1995 and 1999. There are a total of four existing buildings on the site, with the buildings at 4293 and 4295 Lexington Avenue sharing a common wall. The development today functions as a single entity with the four lots sharing common access driveways, utilities, stormwater management, and parking. Ms. Rybak reported the Arden Hills Corporate Center was previously part of the Control Data site, which included the subject four lots and a portion of what is now the Boston Scientific campus located to the south of Cummings Park Drive. A PUD was previously approved in 1996 for Control Data and included a portion of the existing Arden Hills Corporate Center. This PUD is no longer in effect and the site currently does not operate under any special agreements with the City. Ms. Rybak commented in 2015, the City approved a Site Plan Review and Variance in Planning Case 15-003 permitting CSM to construct 22 parking stalls at 4293 Lexington Avenue. The additional parking stalls were never constructed and the approval has since expired. A Variance was needed in this case to allow the parking area to encroach within the five-foot setback from the side property line. Staff has recommended that CSM apply for the proposed parking expansion through the PUD process given that the properties currently function as a planned unit development and in order to clean up the past planning case history for the site. Ms. Rybak explained CSM has requested a Master PUD that would cover the four lots within the existing Arden Hills Corporate Center and a Final PUD for the construction of additional parking stalls to meet the needs of their existing tenants. The proposed parking expansion would include new stalls located in several areas throughout the properties. Parking would be accessible to all tenants within the development: • 14 stalls along the western side of Parcel 1 • 8 stalls in the northwestern corner of Parcel 2