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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for November 8, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-024 - PUD Amendment - Arden Square - 1160 County Road E\Memos_Reports_17-024 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />1. Overview of Request <br /> <br />Arden Square is currently working with a Dunn Brothers Coffee franchisee to open a coffee shop <br />in the vacant 4,500 square foot tenant space in the building. Several site modifications are <br />needed to add a drive-thru lane on the west side of the building for Dunn Brothers. A parking lot <br />island on the north side of the site would be shifted east and new curb would be installed to <br />create a drive-thru stacking area for up to seven vehicles. The existing drive lane on the west side <br />of the parking lot would be converted to one-way only and the parking stalls in this area would <br />be restriped as diagonal stalls. Drive-thru traffic could exit at the southwest corner to the adjacent <br />Arden Plaza retail center, or circulate around the south and east side of the building. Additional <br />improvements would include a patio seating area outside of the Dunn Brothers tenant space. <br /> <br />New wall signage is proposed for the north and south building walls. The wall sign on the north <br />façade would be 43.5 square feet in area and the sign on the south façade would be 90.4 square <br />feet. Dunn Brothers would use the existing multi-tenant sign on County Road E for freestanding <br />signage. The proposed site plan is included in Attachment D and the sign plan in Attachment E. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Planned Unit Development (PUD) Process: <br /> <br />The PUD process is a tool that provides additional flexibility for development that an underlying <br />zoning district would not otherwise allow. For example, a PUD may make exceptions to <br />setbacks, lot coverage, parking requirements, signage, building materials, or landscaping <br />requirements. It is intended to overcome the limitations of zoning regulations and improve the <br />overall design of a project. While the PUD process allows the City to negotiate certain aspects of <br />the development, any conditions imposed on the PUD must have a rational basis related to the <br />expected impact of the development. <br /> <br />3. Surrounding Area: <br />Direction Future Land Use Plan Zoning Existing Land Use <br />North Community Mixed Use B-2: General Business District Multi-Family Residential, <br />Commercial <br />South Community Mixed Use B-2: General Business District Commercial <br />East Community Mixed Use B-2: General Business District Commercial <br />West Community Mixed Use B-2: General Business District Office <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />