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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for October 5, 2016 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2016\PC 16-024 - Arden Plaza - 1150 County Road E - Final PUD\Memos_Reports_16-024 Page 8 of 14 Landscaping A minimum of one tree planting is required along the right-of-way for every 40 feet of street frontage. The approved Landscape Plan for the Master PUD does not include any additional street trees on the property along County Road E. The MedExpress Landscape Plan includes two Honey Locust trees on County Road E. Parking The design standards discourage placing parking between the street right-of-way and a building. No more than 50 percent of parking on a site may be placed in the side yards. The proposed parking for the clinic would be located at the rear of the site entirely behind the building. No parking stalls would be located between the building and right-of-way or in the side yard areas. Pedestrian Circulation Sites must be designed to accommodate the safe mobility of pedestrians to and within the site. The proposed site plan includes a sidewalk that connects the primary entrance to the sidewalk on the west side of the County Road E access drive. A sidewalk would also be provided along the south end of the property to connect with the internal pedestrian walkways for the retail center. Bicycle Parking For commercial properties, one bicycle parking space is required for every 20 automobile parking spaces. However, a minimum of two bicycle parking spaces are required. In this case, two bicycle parking spaces would be required. The applicant has included two bicycle racks that could accommodate up to four bicycles located on the west side of the building close to the primary entrance. The proposed bicycle parking meets the City’s requirements in terms of its design and location. Section 1325.06, Subd. 1 – Off-Public Street Parking Location Parking stalls are required to be located a minimum of 5 feet from any side or rear lot line, and 20 feet from the public right-of-way line. As proposed, the surface parking lot would be located 2.92 feet from both the west and east side property lines, and 11.82 feet from the rear property line. The proposed location for the parking is consistent with the approved Master PUD. Off Street Parking Spaces Required Off-street parking requirements are determined by the type of land use proposed for a site. For medical clinics, one parking stall is required for every professional employed at the site and one stall for each 200 square feet of gross floor area. MedExpress expects to have up to 7 employees on site at any given time. Based on this and the proposed gross floor area, 31 stalls would need to be provided. A total of 29 stalls are proposed for the site. An existing Reciprocal Easement Agreement covers the separate lots within the retail center and provides for shared parking across the entire site. With the completion of Phase II, there would be a total of 434 parking stalls in the retail center that could be used by MedExpress patients.