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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for February 7, 2018 <br />P:\Planning\Department Records\Quarterly & Year End Reports\2018 <br /> <br />Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br />2017 Planning Cases <br />Land Use Request Approved Denied Pending Withdrawn Total <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendment - - 1 1 <br />Conditional Use Permit 1 - - 1 2 <br />CUP Amendment - - - - - <br />Preliminary Plat - - 1 1 2 <br />Final Plat - - 1 1 2 <br />Master PUD 3 - - - 3 <br />Final PUD 4 - - - 4 <br />PUD Amendment 4 - - - 4 <br />Site Plan Review 1 1 - - 2 <br />Zoning or City Code <br />Amendment 2 - 3 1 6 <br />Rezoning 1 - - - 1 <br />Variance 2 - - 2 4 <br />Minor Subdivision 2 - - - 2 <br />Concept Review - - - - 5 <br />Other 2 - 1 - 3 <br />Total 22 1 6 7 41 <br /> <br /> <br />Significant Development Projects and Planning Efforts <br /> <br />The Community Development Department has reviewed the planning cases from the past year <br />and selected several of the more significant development projects and planning efforts to <br />highlight below: <br /> <br />Commercial, Industrial, and Higher Education Study <br />The City worked with WSB & Associates to complete a higher education planning and economic <br />development study in 2017. The purpose of the study was to determine the impacts and benefits <br />from higher education land uses and provide recommendations for Zoning Code amendments <br />regarding higher education uses. The Planning Commission reviewed the different components <br />of the study and provided feedback throughout the process. Based on the recommendations of <br />the study, the City Council approved the creation of a new Institutional Zoning District and <br />permitted the higher education campus use only in this district. The Bethel University and <br />University of Northwestern main campuses were rezoned to Institutional District. <br />