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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 18, 2005 8 Councilmember Larson noted a residential development would still have the minimum distance between the building and lot line of 30 feet. MOTION: Mayor Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Rem seconded to approve Resolution 05-47, Finding the Negative Declaration for the Preparation for an Environmental Assessment Workshop for the Planned Unit Development, PUD Permit, and Preliminary Plat for Royal Oaks Realty, The motion carried unanimously (5-0), Mr. Filla stated the Council needed to respond to the development as proposed, unless the developer agreed with the revised conditions, otherwise it was the Councilmembers' development and not the developer's development. He noted that making substantial changes, without the developer's approval, would change the development. Mro Eibensteiner stated he has decided to go along with a 2 x 2 sign outside the door, but he would like to do some advertising on the doorway also, Mr. Filla stated all they could do tonight was agree to look at the signage and have it come back to staff for approval. Councilmember Larson stated he would like to see the 2 x 2 signs outside of the doors only, MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to amend the amended condition 9 on signage that the signage does not exceed 2 x 2 and this come back to the Council for final approval. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), Mayor Aplikowski stated she was not in opposition with a logo on a door, since they had drastically reduced the signage, Councilmember Grant stated he was pleased to see the signage was moving more toward an office park setting rather than a strip mall look. Councilmember Grant stated believed the Purchase Agreement addressed square footage up to 70,000 square feet and he was proposing to have this development not exceed 70,000 square feet. He indicated a small reduction in square footage would add to the green space. Mr. Filla asked if what he was asking was to add an additional condition that the square footage would not exceed 70,000 square feet. Mr. Eibensteiner responded they were willing to give up unit 20, which consists of 3,260 square feet as well as an equivalent amount of parking, Mayor Aplikowski asked if they could leave the number of parking spots to match the equivalent amount of the reduction without specifically putting a number on it at this meeting, Mr. Filla suggested condition number 20 read: That the project to be scaled back by eliminating unit 20 and the parking space that would be allocated for that square footage. 8