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<br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\Concepts\Lexington Station 3 <br />Page 6 of 8 <br /> <br />Wall Signage – Flexibility requested <br />Properties in Sign District 5 are allowed wall signs up to 80 square feet. The Applicant is <br />requesting flexibly for a 90 and 180 square feet sign above the main entrances to the building (east <br />elevation facing Lexington Ave) and a 90 square feet sign on the north elevation (facing previous <br />Lexington Station phases and Red Fox Road). <br /> <br /> <br />Proposed New Lexington Avenue Access and Traffic Study <br />A traffic study is currently underway by SRF, the applicant’s traffic consultant. SRF completed <br />the previous work for the Lexington Station Master PUD submittal. The study will review existing <br />operations within the area, evaluated traffic impacts to the roadway network, and recommended <br />improvements to the proposed development site. SRF and the Applicant are aware that the County <br />intends to reconstruct Lexington Avenue between County Road E and I-694 in 2022. The <br />Applicant has stated they intend to complete construction of Phase 3 in 2022, so the timing of the <br />Lexington Avenue improvement could coincide with the final phase of the development. <br /> <br />A new access driveway in alignment with the Target service road is proposed to be constructed <br />during the project. The existing driveway on Lexington Avenue that serves Phase I and Phase II is <br />a temporary access point that is scheduled to close. The proposed new access driveway at the <br />southern end of the site is approved as the sole permanent access off of Lexington Avenue. The <br />proposed new access/intersection would include a traffic signal. The proposed traffic signal is <br />included in the Ramsey County Lexington Avenue reconstruction project that is anticipated to start <br />in 2022. However, the proposed tenant is requiring a signal be constructed as part of their project <br />in the event the County delays the Lexington Avenue reconstruction project beyond 2022. The <br />Applicant, City and County have discussed this issue and incorporated provisions in the Lexington <br />Avenue Cooperative Agreement to allow the City to move forward with the signal installation as <br />an independent project. <br /> <br /> <br />The construction of a signal at this intersection would remove the existing full access into Big O <br />Tires and Arby’s site as a new median would be constructed to the south of the new signal,