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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—JULY 22, 2019 11 2. The applicant has proposed a Site Plan Review, Final Planned Unit Development, Rezoning, Comprehensive Plan, Preliminary Plat, and Final Plat in order to construct 120 units of independent living, assisted living, and memory care. 3. The applicant has submitted a preliminary and final plat to consolidate five (5) contiguous properties. 4. The Final PUD substantially conforms with the requirements of the City Code. 5. Where the plan is not in conformance with the City Code, flexibility has been requested by the applicant and/or conditions have been placed on an approval that would mitigate the nonconformity. 6. Flexibility through the PUD process has been requested in the following areas: lot size, minimum landscape coverage, building height and parking requirements. 7. The proposed development plan meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in the following areas: building coverage, setbacks, street trees, perennials and shrubs, minimum caliper inches, tree selection, drainage, wetlands and flood plain, lighting, and screening. 8. The applicant has submitted a rezoning application and a comprehensive plan amendment. 9. The subject site is proposed to be rezoned from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to R-4 (Multiple Dwelling). 10. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities area allowed as a conditional use in the R-4 District. 11. The Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the future land use of the subject property as Medium Density Residential. 12. The applicant has requested a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation of the property to High Density Residential. 13. The adjacent properties to the north and east are zoned R-3 and R-1, respectively, and are guided for Medium Density Residential use in the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan. 14. The proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment would be compatible with adjacent land uses and the goals included in the Land Use chapter of the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan. 15. The application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported the Planning Commission reviewed this request at their July 10 meeting and recommended approval with the following conditions: 1. Approval of the Site Plan, Planned Unit Development, and Preliminary Plat is contingent upon Metropolitan Council approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The effective date of the City Council approval will be the date of the Metropolitan Council approval. 2. The project shall be completed in accordance with the plans submitted as amended by the conditions of approval. Any significant changes to the plans, as determined by the City Planner, shall require review and approval by the Planning Commission and City Council. 3. The Conditional Use Permit and Planned Unit Development approvals shall expire one year from the date of City Council approval unless a building permit has been requested or a time extension has been granted by the City Council.