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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 7 4. Flexibility through the PUD process has been requested in the following areas: district provisions, lot area, lot dimensions, parking setbacks, building height, minimum caliper inches, aesthetics, perennials and shrubberies. 5. The proposed development plan meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of the City Code in the following areas: building setbacks, landscape coverage, parking, planting islands, street trees, tree selection, floor area ratio, drainage wetlands and flood plain tree selection, lighting, screening. 6. 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. 7. A traffic study has been completed for the proposed use and suggests that Ramsey County to add five (5) seconds to the signal timing for Round Lake Road and Hwy 96 to allow for more northbound left turns during the PM peak hour. 8. Existing public facilities and shall be able to absorb the additional demand for public services needed for the proposed use. 9. The Subject Property is located with the Gateway Business ("GB") District and is guided as Light Industrial & Office on the 2040 Land Use Plan. 10. The proposed Preliminary Plat and Final Plat are consistent with the Arden Hills Zoning Map and the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. 11. 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 application at their September 9 meeting and recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit, as well as approval of the PUD, Site Plan, Preliminary and Final Plat with the following conditions: 1. The project shall be completed in accordance with the plans submitted and 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 City Council. 2. The Preliminary Plat approval shall expire six months from the date of the City Council approval unless the Final Plat has recorded with Ramsey County or a time extension granted by the City Council. 3. The Applicant shall record the Final Plat with Ramsey County and a copy shall be provided to the City within sixty (90) days of the City's approval. 4. The Applicant shall be financially responsible for all applicable water and sanitary charges. Rates applied shall be those in effect at the time of Final Plat approval and shall be memorialized in the Development Agreement. 5. A Development Agreement shall be prepared by the City Attorney and subject to City Council approval. The Development Agreement shall be fully executed prior to release of a building permit. 6. The Applicant shall submit a park dedication fee that shall be seven and a half (7.5) percent of the fair market value of the unimproved land and subject to the approval of the City Council. The park dedication fee shall be submitted prior to the release of the Final Plat.