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Jessica Jagoe – City of Arden Hills December 23, 2022 Project Narrative – Lindey’s Prime Steakhouse, Arden Hills, MN Page 2 commercial driveways on Old Snelling Avenue and a smaller commercial/residential driveway on County Road E. Site slope is noticeable from the northeast corner down to the west perimeter and has significant tree canopy over much of the property. The main parking lot is in the western and central areas of the lot, with more green areas on the southern and eastern portions of the property, and no trash enclosure. The buildings are on City sewer and water but has remnants of old wells on site. Overhead utilities on utility poles are evident within the adjacent roadway Right-Of-Way and within the site itself. There is a freestanding restaurant sign at the intersection but appears to be in the Right-Of-Way. Site Plan, Access, Circulation, and Lighting Buildings are not scheduled to have any changes thus the application indicates just site improvements. An existing freestanding sign will be removed for the roadway project and Lindey’s will need to construct temporary and permanent signs in the future. This will be done by the property owner under a separate sign permit, but two potential sign locations are shown on the plans, near the driveway, for reference. Driveway access locations, along with truck access (semi delivery, garbage truck, and fire truck) has been reviewed by Lindey’s Inc and Ramsey County to accommodate roadway layout and restaurant operations. A truck turning movement plan sheet shows these movements. Primarily semi-truck deliveries come from the east at CR 51/Snelling Avenue and will now have to traverse counter clockwise through the site from the new driveways, along with using the entire parking lot during non-restaurant service hours. Parking is to be added and modified to address truck circulation and property demands. Existing parking is primarily to remain, just being resurfaced and restriped. However, ADA parking, drop- off, trash enclosure, and additional parking will be in the southeast area of the property. Additional parking along the relocated County Road E driveway assists with the Owner’s use requirements, while also developing better ADA parking and pedestrian areas. Select trees, south and east of the restaurant were preserved to continue to provide the shaded environment of the customer windows on the south side. A new trash enclosure is being added and located away from the restaurant and pedestrian areas. Bike racks are also added near the ADA parking/pedestrian area to accommodate this requirement. There are no public roadway pedestrian sidewalks or connections adjacent to the site, but the roadway project is scheduled to provide a short public trail segment at the roundabout, complete with a connection to Lindey’s in their southwest area of their site. Pedestrians and bicycles will navigate from this point to the Lindey’s bike parking / front door through the existing resurfaced bituminous parking lot. Existing parking lot lighting consists of two flood lights mounted on utility poles both on the property (central) and in the Right-of-Way (northwest). The existing and proposed parking is providing code compliant parking lot lighting as illustrated on the site plan, utility plan, and lighting/photometric plan, including the NB zoned 14’ high maximum light mount. Existing flood lights will be disconnected or removed when the new lighting is operational. The project does not fully adhere to Neighborhood Business district 30’ buffer setback and better explained in the Neighborhood Business Modification Flexibility section for approval.