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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 6 of 13 E. Parking Setbacks - Flexibility Requested The GB district requires a 50 foot setback for parking areas from public streets and ROW. The applicant was requesting a 30 foot parking lot setback from Gateway Boulevard ROW and due to the required ROW dedication the Applicant is now requesting a 20 foot setback to the parking area on the north side of the subject parcel. According to the Site Plan the proposed parking areas are located approximately 50 feet from the back of curb of Gateway Boulevard. However, several properties along Round Lake Road and Gateway Boulevard have similar or greater reduction in parking lot setbacks. F. Building Height – Flexibility Requested Section 1305.04 of the City Code defines building height as “the vertical distance from the average elevation of the grade along a face of a building to the highest point of the roof surface of flat roofs, the deck line of mansard roofs, or the average height between the eaves and the highest ridge of gable, hip, or gambrel roofs.” These measurements are illustrated in the drawing below. Maximum height in the GB district is 35 feet. The Applicant is proposing a facility with maximum interior clear height of 32 feet. As it directly relates to the interior clear height, the proposed maximum building height measured from the finished floor elevation is 40 feet. However, special requirements for the GB district state that in order to accomplish the intensity and scale of development consistent with the defined purpose of the GB District, multi-story buildings will be encouraged. 6. General District Provisions A. Parking and Site Operations – Meets Requirements The proposed Site Plan shows three (3) accesses onto Gateway Boulevard. The proposed access can be classified as employee and loading driveway accesses. The employee accesses shown on the next page are 24 feet wide and the loading driveway access is 35.6 feet wide. The loading access will provide access to the 38 dock doors located on the north side of the building. The eastern employee access is located on Lot 2. This proposed access will be a shared access driveway for both Lot 1 and Lot 2 when it develops. This will require a cross access and maintenance agreement between the two parcels which will be further addressed in the Development Agreement related to the Project.