06-17-19-WS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

K:\03455-200\Admin\Meeting\CC Meetings\05132019\Memorandum.docx 701 XENIA AVENUE S | SUITE 300 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | 55416 | 763.541.4800 | WSBENG.COM Memorandum To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Dave Perrault, City Administrator From: Eric Zweber, AICP Date: May 13, 2019 Re: Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan WSB Project No. R-003455-200 Background The Metropolitan Council staff has provided a number of comments regarding the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including to provide information to demonstrate that the land likely to develop between 2021 and 2040 will develop at an average density of at least 5 units per acre, which is required for the Suburban community designation. The land that is likely to be developed, based on the January 14, 2019 City Council authorized submittal, is shown below in Figure 6-7. When calculating the average density, communities must use the minimum allowed density in that residential category, and if it is a mixed-use district, communities must use the minimum percentage of residential land within that category. The residential lands available between 2021 and 2040 include 146.3 acres of Neighborhood Residential within TCAAP at a minimum of 1.5 units per acre; 7.0 acres of Medium Density Residential land at Parkshore Dr. and Old Highway 10 at a minimum of 6 units per acre; 10.5 acres of Community Mixed Use (B-2 zoning) at a minimum of 9 units per acre; and 15.9 acres of Town Center land in TCAAP at a minimum of 15 units per acre. The average overall density for these residential lands equal 3.31 units per acre, 1.69 units per acre less than the Suburban community designation requires. The 146.3 acres of Neighborhood Residential land at a minim um of 1.5 units per acre drags the overall average density down.