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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER] 3, ] 999 17 . The motion carried unanimously (5-0). 4. Case #99-16, Arden Manor, 4605 North Prior Avenue, Special Use Permit Ms. Randall eXplained that the applicant was requesting approval of an amended Special Use permit for Arden Manor Mobile Home Park. The mobile home park is located north of Highway 96, west of highway 10, and east ofI-35W. Arden Manor was currently operating on a special use permit, which was issued in 1971 with Planning Case #71-21. This did not include the already existing (north portion) mobile home park. Several amendments to the special use permit have been approved since, however, they have never included the north portion of the park. R-3 Zoning, the Zoning District of the mobile home park, requires that mobile home parks have a special use permit. Since this portion of the mobile home park was in existence prior to the City Zoning Ordinance, it could exist so long as no modifications were made. Over the years, and last few months, Arden Manor has been taking steps to improve the northern portion of the park by resurfacing the road and removing several aging single wide mobile homes and replacing them with one double wide mobile home for every two single wide homes. . The northern area had a building dividing Banyan Street and Abele Street. This building has since been removed. There was also a mobile home in the center of Abele Street on the west end. This has also been removed. The road width remaining was approximately 70 feet wide. The applicant was proposing to rename the newly resurfaced road Banyan Street. The applicant was proposing to close offthe section of road leading from Todd Drive to Abele Street, which has been done, and, if approved, place a unit in this location. Due to the reduction in overall units staff does not see a concern with adding a unit in the proposed location. Staff would however, request a Master Plan be created. In the past, parking was allowed on Banyan Street and Abele Street. These are very wide and accommodate on-street parking. Staff would recommend some striping be incorporated to guide parking and driving directions. The Code requires 24 foot drive lanes and 9 foot by 18 foot parking stalls. The end of the cul-de-sac was wide enough to turn around if cars are not parked on the street. Staff recommended no parking on the end and sides of the cul-de-sac to allow for traffic turnaround. Because the north portion of the park was not included in the special use permit in the past, there were no site plans available for the area. Staffrecommended that the applicant work with staff to update the special use permit within the next two years. This would include a scaled drawing of the entire park, landscape plan, and Master Plan for the park. . Staff was aware that the north portion of the park docs not meet all the requirements of the original special use permit such as lot size. Staff was also aware that several aspects of the south part of the park do not meet the requirements as well. Staff did not require more specific infornlation at this time due to the timing of Highway 96 reconstruction, the nature of the