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The existing land use for the Subject Property is Office. This land use includes predominantly administrative,professional, or clerical services, including medical clinics. The proposed lot is within the Red Fox/Grey Fox/Lexington Avenue Business Area with is discussed in the Land Use Chapter. This area includes Red Fox and Grey Fox roads and is bounded by Lexington Avenue, Highway 51, Interstate 694, and the Canadian Pacific railway. This area is used by a number of small and large businesses for a variety of retail, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, and office uses. This area was largely developed between the 1950s and 1970s, though the retail area along Lexington Avenue has had some new development and redevelopment in the last 15 years. This area is marked as an area of possible redevelopment in 2040. Zoning The Property is within the I-Flex Zoning District. The purposes of this district are: 1. To preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate existing development in the district. 2. To attract new development that is compatible with existing development in the district in terms of use,performance, character, quality and appearance of buildings and sites. 3. To permit only those uses that will have traffic generation characteristics that are compatible with existing development in the district and that will ensure reasonable traffic operation on streets in the vicinity. 4. To encourage new site development that will be compatible with existing site development standards of existing development in the district. 5. To promote flexibility in land uses and site development standards to achieve the objectives of the I-Flex District. Special requirements exist in the I-Flex District. To further accomplish the state purpose of the I- Flex District, proposals for new construction, redevelopment of a site, and significant modifications to existing sites shall use the Planned Unit Development(PUD) or the Conditional use Permit (CUP) process. The proposal shall identify any requested modifications from the applicable zoning requirements as well as the reasons why the modifications would be in the public interest and would be consistent with the purpose of the I-Flex District. Modifications to these requirements may be granted by the City without a variance through the PUD process. Section 1320.12 also states that the provisions in this Section may be modified by the City Council to allow planning flexibility without the need for a variance to encourage cooperative dialogue between the applicant and the City. The applicant is requesting an amendment to the I-Flex Zoning District to allow House of Worship as a Permitted or Conditional Use. If the zoning change is approved, the applicant will submit a corresponding application for permitting of Grove Community Church at this site. The applicant expects to support the following uses within their building: • Counseling Center(adult, marriage, and family counseling- 8 Offices) • Master classes for different business sectors • Subscription based Co-op office space (2nd Floor) • Leasable mixed use office space (2nd Floor) • Daycare over 10 • Internal Coffee Shop City of Arden Hills City Council Work Session for March 22,2021 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2021\21-005 Grove Church-CP Page 3 of 5