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City of Arden Hills City Council Work Session for July 20, 2020 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\20-012 New Perspectives Senior Living - CP Page 3 of 6 currently working with Rice Creek Watershed District on mitigating the wetland located on the west side of the Subject Parcel. Comprehensive Plan The Subject Property is guided as Community Mixed Use (CMU) in Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Chapter. The area is designated for a broad range of retail, shopping, services, and office space to meet the needs of the community and surrounding areas. This area may also include high density housing with a potential density of twelve (12) to twenty (20) units per acre. The district is expected to have a total of 10 to 50 percent of the uses in the area be residential. According to the Comprehensive Plan the total area of the CMU is 100 acres. Currently, there is one residential use at 6.24 acres (1201 County Rd E W) or 6.24% of the total area. The addition of the proposed of use at 6.4 acres would bring the total use to 12.64%, which meets the intent of the district. The Land Use Chapter also discuss the “Guiding Plan for the B-2 District.”In March 2008, the City completed a visioning and planning process for the B-2 District, which generally includes the properties near County Road E between Lexington Avenue and Hamline Avenue/Highway 51. The “Guiding Plan for the B-2 District” is a long-term vision for the future redevelopment of this corridor. The plan states as this corridor ages, market-initiated redevelopment is anticipated. The plan also discusses the need for senior housing in community and recommends that any new construction of senior housing within the B-2 district be built as a combination of senior housing types (independent care, assisted living and memory case) to form of a senior campus. Discussion Density and District Minimum Lot Area per Unit Requirements - Flexibility requested The Maximum density allowed within the B-2 and CMU District is 20 units per acre. The Applicants are requesting flexibility with this provision. The total proposed density is 22.3 units per acre or 143 units. However, the Applicants are proposing a different standard for the 33 memory care units. The Applicant is requesting the memory care units - which consist of private