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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for April 23, 2018 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-001 - 3246 New Brighton Road - Preliminary & Final Plat, Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Variance, CUP\Memos_Reports_18-001 Page 3 of 10 To summarize, Planning Case 18-001 includes the following requests: • Preliminary and Final Plat to subdivide property into four single-family residential lots. • Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change future land use classification from Public and Institutional to Very Low Density Residential. • Variance to allow the four proposed lots to each have a width of 81.75 feet. The minimum lot width requirement for the R-2 District is 85 feet. Plan Evaluation A full evaluation of the proposal was presented to the Planning Commission on April 4, 2018. The staff report to the Planning Commission on this case is provided in Attachment J. Draft minutes from the April 4, 2018 meeting are included in Attachment K. At their meeting, the Planning Commission requested that the applicant provide preliminary building elevation drawings for the four single-family dwellings that could be reviewed by the City Council. The applicant has provided these drawings and they are included in Attachment E. It should be noted that in order to show the dwellings at the correct scale, the center two houses (Lot 2 and Lot 3) are shown on both sheets. Comprehensive Plan Amendment The Arden Hills 2030 Comprehensive Plan lays out the future land uses that are anticipated for all properties in the City. Based on the future land uses, the City can plan for improvements, anticipate infrastructure needs, and create appropriate land use regulations. The City’s Zoning Code identifies specific zoning districts through which the land uses and goals in the Comprehensive Plan are implemented. The zoning cannot conflict with the future land use designation. When there is a conflict between the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code, the City is required to amend the Zoning Code to comply with the Comprehensive Plan, unless a Comprehensive Plan amendment is approved. The Metropolitan Council has the final determination as to whether to allow a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, though they provide great deference to the City as long as the proposed land use change does not have a negative impact on a regional system (i.e. transportation, sanitary sewer, and regional parks). As part of their application, the developer has requested that the 2030 Future Land Use Map be amended to change the designation of the property from Public and Institutional to Very Low Density Residential. The definitions for these two land use classifications have been provided below. The 2030 Future Land Use Map has been provided in Attachment F. • Public and Institutional: areas designated for uses such as government buildings, colleges, schools, and religious uses, but not medical uses. • Very Low Density Residential: traditional single-family residential land use category. A density range of 1.5 to 3 units per acre.