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222473v2 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022-038 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 6, LAND USE <br />(1700 Highway 96 West, Arden Hills, MN) <br />(Planning Case #22-009) <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on April 29, 2022, the City of Arden Hills (“City”) received an application <br />from Trident Development (“Applicant”) for two Comprehensive Plan amendments to Chapter 6, <br />Land Use; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Arden Hills 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the future land use for <br />the property located at 1700 Highway 96 West, Arden Hills, and legally described on Exhibit A <br />(“Subject Property”) as P/I, Public and Institutional; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to <br />change the future land use designation of approximately 10.75 acres in the northwest corner of the <br />Subject Property to HDR, High Density Residential; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 30 +/- acres of developed land on the Subject Property would remain <br />guided as P/I, Public and Institutional; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Applicant has requested a Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to <br />Section 6.4.10 to modify the boundaries described in the existing language of Chapter 6 to include <br />the Subject Property; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the proposed text amendment to the existing Comprehensive Plan language <br />incorporates a defined area of land west of Snelling Avenue that allows an increase in the <br />maximum housing unit density as part of a Planned Unit Development; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate <br />area or the community as a whole; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to establish the policies that guide <br />the future physical and community development of Arden Hills; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has previously approved similar amendments <br />increasing housing density in specific land use districts as beneficial to efficient governmental <br />service delivery; and