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<br />_____________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for May 3, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-011 - 3930 Northwoods Drive - Master and Final <br />PUD\Memos_Reports_17-011 <br /> <br />Page 5 of 11 <br />is required for the proposed tree removal. The Landscape Plan shows a total of 27 caliper inches <br />of new trees. <br /> Caliper <br />Inches <br />Number of <br />Trees <br />Total Existing Significant Trees 761 80 <br />Permitted Removal (10% of Existing) 76.1 -- <br />Proposed Significant Tree Removal 76 3 <br />Mitigation Requirement 0 0 <br />New Trees for Building Addition 26.7 -- <br />Proposed Tree Plantings <br /> <br />30.5 10 <br /> <br />The Zoning Code requires that the minimum total caliper inches include a certain percentage of <br />trees in various size ranges based on the building height in stories. The building addition is one- <br />story in height and 50 percent of the new trees would need to be 2.0” – 3.0” in size, 30 percent <br />3.5” – 4.0”, and 20 percent 4.5” – 6.0”. The landscape plan indicates the new trees would satisfy <br />this requirement. <br /> <br />Perennials and Shrubberies – Exceeds Requirements <br />The City Code requires that at least ten percent of the total landscaped area shall be covered with <br />perennials and/or shrubbery. Since a large portion of the site is covered by a stormwater pond, <br />staff subtracted out the surface area of the pond (34,649 square feet) in order to determine a <br />required perennial or shrubbery coverage of 6,035 square feet. The applicant has provided 6,739 <br />square feet of perennial or shrubbery plantings, or 11.18 percent. <br /> <br />Planting Islands – Flexibility Requested <br />At least ten percent of a parking area must be occupied by planting islands that are at least 150 <br />square feet in size and have at least one tree. The site currently includes 3,358 square feet of <br />planting islands. No additional planting islands are proposed for the expanded parking area. The <br />total percentage of all parking areas covered by planting islands would be approximately four <br />percent. The Landscape Plan includes additional perennial plantings for the existing islands. <br /> <br />Tree Selection – Meets Requirements <br />The proposed Maple, Birch, and Spruce trees are appropriate for urbanized locations and should <br />grow in their proposed locations. <br /> <br />D. Lighting – Section 1325.05 Subd. 3 – Meets Requirements <br /> <br />Additional exterior lighting is proposed on the west side of the addition and on the north side of <br />the expanded parking area. The proposed light fixtures would be adequately hooded to direct <br />light to the intended area. Exterior lighting for a site cannot result in cast light that exceeds a
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