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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – November 3, 2021 4 <br /> <br /> <br />1. Recommend Approval with Conditions <br />2. Recommend Approval as Submitted <br />3. Recommend Denial <br />4. Table <br /> <br />Chair Vijums opened the floor to Commissioner comments. <br /> <br />Commissioner Weber asked if the parking lot was adequately sized given the size of the <br />building. <br /> <br />City Planner Jagoe stated the parking lot will accommodate the entire capacity of the building. <br />She discussed the required number of stalls and noted the site would be properly parked. <br /> <br />Chair Vijums noted 362 parking spaces were required. He questioned why an additional 198 <br />spaces were being added. <br /> <br />City Planner Jagoe explained the City’s calculation for parking was based on the floor area of <br />the building. She reported the developer has a tenant that is going to necessitate additional <br />parking. <br /> <br />Chair Vijums requested further comment from the applicant regarding the proposed parking. <br /> <br />Dan Salzer, Scannell Properties, explained the 362 stalls was to meet the building square footage <br />requirements for the City. He commented now that he has tenants, there was a need for more <br />parking. He discussed how he was working to meet the needs of his tenant. <br /> <br />Chair Vijums questioned if the change to working from home, or working virtually would create <br />a shift in the parking needs for this property. <br /> <br />Mr. Salzer indicated his tenant has looked into this but based on the tenants other location, the <br />proposed parking would remain as is. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated she was confused with why the tenant would require such a <br />large number of parking spaces given the fact the chart shows a large portion of the building <br />would be warehouse. <br /> <br />Mr. Salzer discussed how the building would be divided between office, warehouse and lab <br />space. He stated the additional 198 parking spaces were based on the tenants needs. He noted he <br />could provide staff with an updated chart for the building space breakdown prior to the City <br />Council meeting. <br /> <br />Chair Vijums questioned if the additional 198 parking spaces were needed given the fact this <br />would come at a great cost and disrupts a wetland. <br /> <br />Mr. Salzer explained the site would have 40,000 square feet of office. He reported the tenant <br />would be bringing a lot more employees to the building than was anticipated in the spec building.