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____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for September 9, 2020 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\20-010 4200 Round Lake Road PP/FP/CUP/PUD\PC Packets Page 5 of 13 uses shall not exceed 75 percent of the building in which it is located. While the final tenants are unknown at this time, the Applicant is anticipating to attract a wide variety of light industrial tenants with uses including office, manufacturing, research and development, and/or warehousing. The Applicant is requesting flexibility to increase this requirement for warehousing and wholesaling to 85 percent and the remaining 15 percent dedicated to non-warehouse uses such as a combination of uses including-but-not-limited-to office, manufacturing, production, R&D, lab and/or showroom. B. Lot Area – Flexibility Requested The proposed Lot 1 is 21.94 acres and Lot 2 is 3.87 acres in size. The Zoning Code requires a minimum lot size of 5 acres in the GB District. Proposed Lot 2 does not meet this requirement. Lot 2 is highly impacted by numerous encumbrances as shown below. It is important to note the developable area of Lot 2 does not change no matter the platted lot size due to the site constraints. C. Lot Dimensions - Flexibility Requested The City Code requires parcels within the GB District to have a street frontage of at least 100 feet and a lot depth of at least 130 feet. Lot frontage is measured at the minimum front yard setback, which allows buildings to be constructed on a radius, such as on a cul-de-sac or curve. Lot 1 has over 1,400 feet of street frontage along Gateway Boulevard and the minimum lot depth of 326.61 feet. Lot 2 is an existing non-conforming lot with a minimum street frontage width of 50 feet instead of the required 100 feet. The submitted plans are showing a 40 foot street frontage width, the reduction is due to 10 feet being dedicated to the City as ROW as required by the Subdivision code. D.Building Setbacks – Meets Requirements Building setbacks in the GB District are 50 feet for the front yard, 20 feet for the side yard with a minimum of 40 feet total for both side yards, and 20 feet for the rear yard. Proposed building is unique as it has frontage on two streets (I-694, I-35W and Gateway Boulevard). In addition, the Subject Parcel is located on the corner of Round Lake Road and Gateway Boulevard. City Code defines the front yard for corner lots as the shortest street lot line shall be the front lot line. The shortest street lot line is located adjacent to Gateway Boulevard. The proposed building has a minimum front yard setback of 74.8 feet from Gateway Boulevard. Proposed building has a minimum side yard setback from Lot 2 of approximately 32.5 feet and has secondary side yard setback to Lot 2 of 127.9 feet for a total of 160.4 feet. The minimum rear setback is 94.4 feet.