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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – September 9, 2020 8 Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla indicated the Applicant is proposing to construct a 250,000 square foot office and warehouse facility on the site. The site is highly visible from 694 and 35W. Separate access points to the site will be provided via Gateway Boulevard for employee parking and deliveries. The Applicant’s proposal includes office space, warehousing, and ground level unloading access with 38 dock doors located on the north side of the building. The site proposal includes at-grade office parking lots located on the south side of the building. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reviewed the surrounding area, the Plan Evaluation and provided the Findings of Fact for review: 1. The Applicant has submitted an application for a Planned Unit Development, Conditional Use Permit and Preliminary/Final Plat at the Subject Property 4200 Round Lake Road. 2. The Applicant is proposing a 250,000 square foot office and warehouse facility on the Subject Property. 3. The Applicant has submitted a preliminary and final plat to plat two (2) properties. 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 stated staff recommends approval of Planning Case 20- 010 for a Planned Unit Development, Conditional Use Permit and Preliminary Plat/Final Plat at 4200 Round Lake Road, based on the findings of fact and submitted plans, subject to 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.