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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for June 8, 2016 <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-014 - Land O' Lakes - PUD\Memos_Reports_16-014 <br />Page 7 of 15 <br /> Caliper Inches Number of Trees <br />Proposed Phase 1 <br />Proposed Removal 570 56 <br />Trees Preserved 31,066 2,492 <br />Future Phase 2 <br />Proposed Removal 6,593 564 <br />Trees Preserved 25,043 1,928 <br />Entire Site <br />Existing Significant Trees 31,636 2,548 <br />10% Permitted Removal 3,164 255 <br />Proposed Removal 7,163 620 <br />Total Trees Preserved 56,109 1,928 <br />Replacement Trees Required* 2,000 --** <br />Replacement Trees Proposed 2,475 745 <br />* Replacement trees are calculated by subtracting the ten percent permitted removal from the proposed <br />removal and dividing by two. <br />** The number of trees required may vary depending on the size of the trees planted by the developer. City <br />Code requires a certain number of caliper inches to be planted. If larger trees are planted then fewer trees <br />would be required. <br /> <br /> <br />A variety of trees species and tree sizes are proposed to be planted during Phase 1 of <br />construction. The proposed trees plantings consist of Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Ironwood, <br />Common Hackberry, Quaking Aspen, White Oak, Northern Pin Oak, Bur Oak, Northern Red <br />Oak, Basswood, and Prairie Expedition Elm. <br /> <br />B. Perennials and Shrubberies – Flexibility Requested <br /> <br />The City Code requires that at least ten (10) percent of the total landscaped area be covered <br />with perennials and/or shrubbery. A total of 123,946 square feet of perennial and shrubbery <br />plantings are required for the development based on the Code’s requirements at the <br />completion of Phase 2. In this case, the applicant is requesting flexibility in the amount of <br />perennials and shrubberies that will be provided on the property upon the completion of <br />Phase 1. The applicant is proposing 39,632 square feet, or 2.98% of the total landscape <br />coverage area, be covered with perennials and shrubberies at the end of Phase 1. However, <br />the proposed Master PUD and future Phase 2 of the project suggests that a total of 205,052 <br />square feet or 16.13% of the landscaped area will be covered by perennials and shrubberies <br />when Phase 2 is complete. <br /> <br /> <br /> Zoning Code Proposed <br />Phase 1 <br />Future <br />Phase 2 <br />Total <br />Percent (%) of Plantings 10% Min. 2.98% 13.35% 16.33% <br />Square feet of Plantings -- 39,632 165,420 205,052 sf. <br />Total Landscaped Area -- 1,328,119 sf. 1,238,490 sf. 1,238,490 sf.