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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – May 8, 2019 3 <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Consultant Kansier reviewed the surrounding area, the Plan Evaluation and Traffic <br />Study. She provided the following Findings of Fact for review: <br /> <br />1. The property located at 1900 Lake Valentine Road is designed for Public and Institutional <br />uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. <br />2. The property located at 1901 Lake Valentine Road is designated for Low Density <br />Residential uses on the 2040 Land Use Plan map. <br />3. The properties located at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are located in the R-1 <br />Single Family Residential District. <br />4. The R-1 district is consistent with the existing and proposed Public and Institutional <br />designation. <br />5. The Applicant has proposed a Master Planned Unit Development in order to include <br />noncontiguous parcels as a single use. Other components of the proposal are classroom <br />and gymnasium additions, reconfiguration of the bus parking lot and the staff and student <br />parking lots, and reconfiguration of athletic fields. <br />6. The Applicant has submitted a Master and Final Planned Unit Development. <br />7. The Master PUD is generally consistent with the requirements of the City Code. <br />8. Where the plan is not in conformance with the City Code, flexibility has been requested <br />by the Applicant and/or conditions have been placed on an approval that would mitigate <br />the nonconformity. <br />9. Flexibility through the PUD process has been requested in the following areas: planting <br />island coverage, tree replacement, building height, and wall signage. <br />10. The proposed development plan exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in <br />the following areas: lot size, building coverage, landscape coverage, setbacks, street trees, <br />perennials and shrubs, tree selection, lighting, screening, location and number of parking <br />stalls, aesthetics and freestanding signs. <br />11. The Master PUD is in conformance with the draft Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan, <br />as proposed to be amended. The properties at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road are <br />zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. Compatible uses such as educational campuses are <br />also intended for this zoning district. <br />12. With the applied conditions, the application is not anticipated to create a negative impact <br />on the immediate area or the community as a whole. <br /> <br />Planning Consultant Kansier stated staff recommends approval of Planning Case 18-014 for an <br />amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from the Low Density Residential <br />designation to the Public and Institutional designation subject to the following condition: <br /> <br />1. Approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment is subject to approval by the <br />Metropolitan Council. <br /> <br />Planning Consultant Kansier stated based on the submitted plans and findings of fact, staff also <br />recommends approval of a Master and Final PUD at 1900 and 1901 Lake Valentine Road be <br />subject to the following conditions: <br /> <br />1. The project shall be completed in accordance with the plans submitted as amended by the <br />conditions of approval. Any significant changes to the plans, as determined by the City <br />Planner, shall require review and approval by the Planning Commission and City <br />Council.