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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—APRIL 24, 2023 15 at their April 5, 2023 meeting and have offered the following findings of fact for your consideration. 1. The Applicants have submitted an application for Site Plan Review at 3610 Snelling Avenue N. to resurface and reconfigure their existing parking lot that would include as part of the project scope the addition of a parking area along County Road E. 2. The Subject Property is located within the Neighborhood Business ("NB") District and is guided as Low Density Residential on the 2040 Land Use Plan. 3. The Subject Property was developed prior to the City's adoption of the Neighborhood Business District and is considered legal nonconforming as the existing parking lot does not comply with current city code requirements. 4. Through the Site Plan Review, the Applicants are seeking approval to resurface and restripe the existing portion of the parking lot within the same footprint. 5. The Applicants are proposing to add approximately 7,073 square feet of new impervious surface for an additional 13 parking spaces on the east side of the Subject Property. 6. Flexibility through the Site Plan Review process as allowed in the NB District is requested for the following areas: buffer yards, parking setbacks, sidewalks, and perennials and shrubberies. 7. The proposed plan does not conflict with the general purpose and intent of the Zoning Code or the Comprehensive Development Plan for the City. 8. The application is not anticipated to create a negative impact on the immediate area or the community as a whole. 9. The proposed plan will not produce any permanent noise, odors,vibration, smoke, dust,air pollution,heat, liquid, or solid waste, and other nuisance characteristics. 10. The proposed plan is not anticipated to have any impact on traffic or parking conditions. 11. The accessory off-street parking would be in compliance with all other provisions of the Zoning Code. 12. A public hearing is not required for Site Plan Review. Community Development Director Jagoe stated the Planning Commission recommended approval of Resolution 2023-021 approving Planning Case 23- 006 for a Site Plan Review at 3610 Snelling Avenue North, based on the findings of fact and the submitted plans, as amended by the conditions below: 1) That the project shall be completed in accordance with the plans submitted as amended by the conditions of approval. Any significant changes to these plans, as determined by the Community Development Director, shall require review and approval by the Planning Commission and City Council. 2) The proposed parking area shall conform to all other regulations in the City Code. 3) A building permit shall be obtained for the parking lot expansion. 4) All light poles, including base, shall be a maximum of 14 feet in height and shall be shoebox style, downward directed, with high-pressure sodium lamps or LED and flush lenses. Other than wash or architectural lighting, attached security lighting shall be shoebox style, downward directed with flush lenses. If complaints are received the lighting adjacent to residential uses shall utilize house shields as directed by the City. In addition, any lighting under canopies (building entries) shall be recessed and use a flush lens.