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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - May 22, 2006 9 still have the option to deny the preliminary plat at a later meeting. A tabled application, whether in full or in part, would be remanded back to the Planning Commission for further review, If the full application was denied, the findings from the Planning Commission should be cited as the reason for the denial unless other findings are developed. Once denied, Section 8.EA of the Zoning Ordinance states that an application cannot be resubmitted for the subject properties within six months of the date of denial. It may be possible to grant a waiver to this provision if the City Council so desired, He noted the City received the completed application for this request on April 10, 2006. Pursuant to Minnesota State Statute, the City must act on this request by June 10, 2006 (within 60 days), unless the City provides the petitioner with written reasons for an additional 6-day review period. The City may, with the petitioner's consent, extend the review period beyond the 120 days, Councilmember Larson stated given the recommendation of staff, the Planning Commission, and applicant's request, he believed they should table this, Tim Horita, property owner of 3685 and 3695 New Brighton Road, requested this be tabled to redesign the proposal. He believed they would be able to address all of the concerns of the Planning Commission and hoped to be able to reconfigure this so they would not need to request a variance. He indicated he would be working with the adjacent property owners regarding this, MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to table both the plat and the variance to give the applicant an opportunity to revise the plan and remand this back to the Planning Commission for review. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). D. Planninl! Case 06.15: Zoninl! Ordinance Addition for the B.4 Zone Mr. Lehnhoff stated applicant is requesting a Zoning Ordinance addition to allow "higher education" and "special education" as a permitted use in the B-4 Zone, The B-4 Zone encompasses those properties immediately adjacent to Dunlap Street North between Red Fox Road and Grey Fox Road. He indicated although Planning Case 06-016 (Special Use Permit for Higher and Special Education) was dependent upon this planning case, the details of Planning Case 06-015 should not be considered when evaluating the request in this planning case, When reviewing a zoning ordinance amendment or addition, it was important to consider how the change would affect the entire zone instead of one specific property. If approved as requested, higher or special education could be a permitted use on any property in the B-4 Zone. He stated the Planning Commission recommended approval (4-2) of the Zoning Ordinance request to allow higher and special education as a special use in the B-4 Zone.