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Page 2 of 7 Saltbox employs Operations Specialists that handle the on-demand logistical services for receipt and delivery of packages, plus they are able to provide order fulfillment assistance to the small business owners. A package that is delivered to Saltbox is received by the Operations Specialist at the loading dock. The Saltbox employee then distributes smaller boxes to the individual suites or there is secured warehouse space for larger packages. Saltbox employees are onsite from 8 AM to 6 PM. The Applicant has stated this window of time is when 95% of their activity is expected to occur The Arden Hills location would be for 214 warehouse and office suites with an estimated maximum occupancy of 398 members and 15 Saltbox employees. Saltbox would say that their flexible business model means that the 398 members would not be at the facility at the same time, but rather come and go at the needs of their individual business. As part of the improvements to the property, the Applicant is proposing to reconfigure the parking lot layout that would result in the immediate addition of 36 parking spaces and also identifies an area as proof of parking as a placeholder for future installation of parking spaces. Therefore, the Applicant is pursuing the Site Plan Review for the additional parking spaces. Image from the Saltbox website of Suites Plan Evaluation Chapter 13, Zoning Regulations Review 1. Land Use Chart (GB Gateway Business District) – Section 1320.05 The property is zoned GB, Gateway Business District. In addition, the parcel abuts Round Lake which would also be subject to applicable Shoreland regulations as a riparian lot. Under the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, the property is guided as Light Industrial and Office use. Light Industrial and Office (I/O) uses are areas designated for a broad range of light industrial uses such as warehousing with manufacturing. This land use may also include offices. According to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, the expected share of uses within this area are 50 percent to 100 percent Light Industrial or up to 100 percent Office. Over the years, the property has continuously been utilized for office and warehouse use. The building is currently vacant, but the former occupant was Deluxe Corporation. The historical uses of the property would be allowed to continue as a legal right as a legal nonconforming so long as there is no intensification or expansion of said use. In 2004, it was documented that the distribution of uses within the building to be supported by the current parking supply would be no greater than