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� EN HILLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2021-059 RESOLUTION DENYING A PRELIMINARY PLAT, FINAL PLAT, MASTER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 3737 LEXINGTON AVENUE NORTH AND 1133 GREY FOX ROAD WHEREAS, City Staff received a land use application for a Preliminary Plat, Final Plat, Master Planned Unit Development, and Site Plan Review to redevelop the property for an Aldi supermarket accompanied by a two-tenant retail building for a national dental group and Bank of America and flexibility was requested under the Master Planned Unit Development for general district provision requirements in the B-3 District at 3737 Lexington Avenue North and 1133 Grey Fox Road ("Subject Property"); WHEREAS, the Subject Property is currently developed as a vacant industrial building with an associated parking lot; WHEREAS, per the City Code, the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District promotes the development of land in a unified manner by treating the entire development as a single entity and relaxing the strict application of standard zoning and subdivision requirements, in exchange for a project that better forwards the goals and purpose of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and the purpose of the PUD process is to achieve a higher quality, better project than would otherwise be possible if the strict application of the zoning and subdivision requirements were met WHEREAS, a Planned Unit Development proposal shall identify any requested modifications from the applicable zoning requirements as well as the reasons why the modifcations would be in the public interest and would be consistent with the purpose of the underlying B-3 District. Modifications to these requirements may be granted by the City without a variance through the Planned Unit Development process; WHEREAS, the City Council directed Staff to prepare a Land Use Application Public Policy Notification to notify all property owners within 1000 feet of Subject Property when a request for the Planning Commission is to occur related to a land use application that does require a public hearing; WHEREAS, the City's obligation has been met where the Arden Hills Planning Commission duly held a hearing on September 8th, 2021. All persons present at said meeting were given an opportunity to be heard and present written statements;