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<br />_____________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for May 8, 2019 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2018\PC 18-014 - Mounds View School District - 1900 & 1901 Lake Valentine <br />Road\Memos Reports <br />Page 5 of 14 <br /> <br />Section 1325 – General Regulations <br /> <br />A. Landscaping and Tree Preservation – Section 1325.05 Subd. 1 and 1325.055 <br /> <br />Minimum Caliper Inches and Tree Ratio – Exceeds Requirements <br />The Zoning Code requires a minimum number of caliper inches of trees be provided based on <br />the gross square footage of the building on the property. The proposed additions have a 76,300 <br />square foot footprint and are generally 2-stories, so the minimum caliper inches required for <br />the landscaping plan is 477 inches. There are currently a total of 6,675 caliper inches of trees <br />on the site. The planned removal is 2,842 caliper inches, and new landscaping includes 273.6 <br />caliper inches to be planted throughout the site. This totals 1,523.6 caliper inches on the site. <br /> <br />Tree Preservation – Flexibility Required <br />The following table shows tree removal, required mitigation and proposed replacement: <br /> <br /> Caliper <br />Inches <br />Number of <br />Trees <br />Existing Significant Caliper Inches 6675 392 <br />Proposed Significant Tree Removal 2842 167 <br />Allowable Removal (10%) 668 -- <br />Mitigation Requirement (1” for each 2”) 1087 -- <br />Proposed Tree Plantings 525 175 <br />Difference 562 -- <br /> <br />Based on the ordinance requirements, an additional 562 caliper inches is required. The <br />Applicant has the option of providing the additional trees on the site, or subject to City <br />approval, plant additional trees off-site or provide cash in lieu of replacement. <br /> <br />The landscaping plan has been updated to provide additional screening between the athletic <br />fields and the single family houses to the south. There are also several trees planted along the <br />stormwater pond on the north side of the site to provide screening to the homes along Janet <br />Court. <br /> <br />Trees along Street Frontage – Exceeds Requirements <br />The Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum of one tree along the right of way for every fifty <br />(50) feet of public street frontage. The proposed plan exceeds this requirement. <br /> <br />Perennials and Shrubberies – Meets Requirements <br />The Zoning Ordinance also requires at least ten (10) percent of the total landscaped area shall <br />be covered with perennials and/or shrubbery and be planted within the perimeter of private <br />parking, building, and driveway areas. The proposed landscaping plan exceeds this <br />requirement.