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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – JULY 22, 2019 10 <br /> <br />Comprehensive Plan requires a recommendation from the Planning Commission following a <br />public hearing, adoption of a resolution by the City Council, and review and approval by the <br />Metropolitan Council. The City has submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan update to the <br />Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council will not consider any amendments to the <br />Comprehensive Plan until the 2040 Plan is approved. The City can proceed with the amendment, <br />but must wait to submit it to the Metropolitan Council for final approval, likely later this fall. As a <br />condition of approval of this development, execution of the Final Plat is contingent upon approval <br />of the Comprehensive Plan amendment by the Metropolitan Council. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported the City’s Zoning Code <br />identifies specific zoning districts through which the land uses and goals in the Comprehensive <br />Plan are implemented. The zoning cannot conflict with the land use designation. When there is a <br />conflict between the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code, the City is required to amend the <br />Zoning Code to comply with the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant is requesting to rezone the <br />property to R-4, Multiple-Dwelling District, which is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and <br />state law requirements. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla indicated a Conditional Use Permit is <br />required for a nursing home and assisted living use within the R-4, Multiple Dwelling zoning <br />district. City Code Section 1355.04 Subd. 3 of the Arden Hills Zoning Code lists the criteria for <br />evaluating a Conditional Use Permit. The Planning Commission and City Council should consider <br />the effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the <br />owners and occupants of the surrounding land and the community, in general, including but not <br />limited to the following factors: <br /> <br />1. Existing and anticipated traffic and parking conditions; <br />2. Noise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid or solid <br />waste, and other nuisance characteristics; <br />3. Drainage; <br />4. Population density; <br />5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; <br />6. Adjoining land values; <br />7. Park dedications where applicable; <br />8. Orderly development of the neighborhood and the City within the general purpose <br />and intent of the Zoning Code and the Comprehensive Development Plan for the <br />City. <br /> <br />Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the request in further detail <br />and offered the following Findings of Fact: <br /> <br />1. The property located at 1718, 1720, 1722 Parkshore Drive and 4177 Old Highway 10 is <br />designated for Medium Density Residential uses on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The <br />applicant has requested an amendment to designation this property for High Density <br />Residential uses. <br />2. The applicant has proposed a Site Plan Review, Final Planned Unit Development, <br />Rezoning, Comprehensive Plan, Preliminary Plat, and Final Plat in order to construct 120 <br />units of independent living, assisted living, and memory care.