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City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for January 25, 2021 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2020\20-022 New Perspectives Senior Living - CUP, PUD, SP, ZCA\CC Packet\PH Page 6 of 10 3. Design Standards A. Lighting – Meets Requirements The Applicant has submitted a lighting plan that identifies pole heights and lumen levels at the property lines. Other than wash or architectural lighting, attached security lighting shall be shoebox style and downward directed with flush lenses. The Applicant is proposing to use LED lighting to illuminate the parking areas. B. Screening – Meets Requirements Screening for fences, walls, landscaping, and berms including materials with construction details shall match or complement the construction of the principle building. The Site Plan submitted by the Applicant depicts significant landscaping along Gateway Boulevard which will assist in screening the loading area and docks from the view of the public. The Applicant is stating that landscaping will achieve 60 percent opacity year round at maturity. According to the submitted plans all ground and rooftop mechanical equipment is proposed to be screened. C. Planting Islands – Meets Requirements Planting islands are required to visually break up expanses of hard-surface parking areas, to provide safe and efficient traffic movement, and to define rows of parking. Planting islands should occupy at least 10 percent of the parking area and be edged with concrete curbs. Parking lot planting islands shall be a minimum of 150 square feet in area, be of appropriate width and length, and include at least one (1) tree meeting the requirements of this ordinance. There will not be multiple rows or large expanses of parking as there will be multiple landscaped bump outs breaking up the parking field. The landscaping will separate the building from the parking areas. D. Minimum Caliper Inches – Meets Requirements The Zoning Code requires that a minimum number of caliper inches be provided based on the gross square footage of the principal building and the building height. The minimum total caliper inches equal the gross square footage of all the floors of the principal building divided by 320. The proposed building would be considered a four-story structure, and contains 191,796 gross square feet. This requires a minimum of 558 caliper inches be planted. The plans provided by the Applicant indicate that they are meeting this requirement with 564 caliper inches. E. Tree Selection – Meets Requirements The proposed landscape plan includes a variety of tree species, including maples, oaks and evergreens, ranging in size from two and half (2.5) to six (6) caliper inches. This is consistent with ordinance requirements. The Applicant is proposing to plant six (6) to twelve (12) foot tall evergreens. F. Landscaped Area and Perennials and Shrubberies – Meets Requirements Zoning Code requires 35 percent of the site to be landscaped or 97,574 square feet. The landscaping plan shows that the total landscaped area provided on the site is 143,858 square feet. The Zoning Code requires a minimum of 10 percent of the total landscaped area to be covered with perennials and/or shrubbery. The total landscaped area on the site is 97,574 square feet, resulting in the need for a minimum of 9,757 square feet of perennial and shrubbery cover. The proposed perennial and shrub planting beds includes more than 17,350 square feet.