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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for November 9, 2016 Page 9 of 18 A variety of trees species and tree sizes are proposed including White Oak, Red Oak, Red Maple and Black Cherry. In exchange for flexibility in this requirement, the City is requesting a fee in lieu of tree replacement. There are only 18 replacement trees proposed, while 188 trees are required. At retail price, the 170 replacement trees would cost about $42,500. The PUD allows for flexibility in the City Code requirements for tree preservation. Staff recommends that the fee-in-lieu is reduced by a third because the City would likely buy 170 trees at a wholesale price and to recommend reducing the by an additional third because of the building meeting the architectural requirements of the B-2 zoning district. The remaining third would equate to a fee-in-lieu amount of $14,150. B. Tree Plantings – Meets Requirements Tree planting requirements for new development in the I-1 Limited Industrial district are determined by dividing the gross square footage of all floors of the building by three hundred twenty (320). Tree planting requirements have been determined for Phase 1. Additional tree plantings will be required as part the daycare development in Phase 2. Square Footage Cal. Inches Required Proposed Bank 2,750 9 60 cal. inches Commercial Building 7,500 24 Daycare Building Future Phase Future Phase Total 10,250 33 The Ordinance requires one tree be planted per every fifty (50) linear feet of road frontage. For the entire project, there is 906 linear feet of public road frontage. This would require 19 trees, spaced fifty (50) feet apart. There are unique circumstances, as trees cannot be planted along County Road F due to an easement. The applicant has proposed to plant 12 trees, spaced at forty (40) feet apart on Lexington Avenue. C. Perennials and Shrubberies – Meets Requirements The City Code requires that at least ten (10) percent of the total landscaped area be covered with perennials and/or shrubbery. The total landscaped area proposed is 17,945 square feet. The plan far exceeds the zoning code requirement. Zoning Code Requirement Proposed Percent (%) of Plantings 10% Min. 46.2% Square feet of Plantings 1,795 s.f. 8,294 sf.