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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 3 . Ms. Randall advised that the Planning Commission recommended approval of Planning Case #99-04, Neighborhood Business District, conditioned on the word "business" being added after the word "related" in Section A, 2, c. And that staff further define taverns, either to be consistent with existing State Law definitions, or to establish its own definition for the purposes of this Zoning Ordinance. Ms. Randall stated that statTrecommends the City Council approve Planning Case #99-04 and direct staff to publish Ordinance #3 I 5 with the modifications as stated. A summary for publication was attached to the staff report. Mayor Probst noted that the growing notion of urban villages, similar to the proposed Neighborhood Business District, tend to pull the businesses closer to the streets with the parking to the rear. However, the setbacks described in the proposed Ordinance do not seem to encourage this. He asked if this had been discussed by the Planning Commission. Ms. Randall stated that at the Planning Commission level there had not been much discussion regarding parking to the front versus building to the front. The discussions regarding setbacks had centered more around building setbacks from the residents than from the streets. The Planning Commission chose to allow a 20 foot front yard setback which is less than the setback allowed for any other Business Districts. . Mayor Prohst stated that a new building being constructed in Roseville at the corner of County Road D and Fairview A venue is more in keeping with the current model of the type of development being discussed. Councilmember Larson asked if a developer of a Neighborhood Business District property would still have the option of using a planned unit development in order to accomplish a type of development being described by Mayor Probst. Ms. Randall stated that a property owner would have thc option of going through the planned unit development process it they felt that the Neighborhood Business District would fit and could design a development that would meet the intent being discussed. Mayor Probst stated that he was very happy with the proposed Ordinance and its intent. He was concerned that if the District was setup with the standard setbacks, a typical developer will use these setbacks as a baseline. However, ifthe District were to have requirements that would allow a development similar to the new construction on County Road D and Fairview A venue, this would allow a starting point that would not require requests for variances in order to achieve this sort of development. He stated that the Java Jungle site will be difficult to deal with and he was not sure anyone would be willing to remove the current building and redevelop the site. He felt that thc City should encourage building to the front of the property with the parking to the rear. Having the building backing up to a residential area with a large expanse of pavement to the front would not be pedestrian fricndly. . Councilmember Rem stated that the Planning Commission had considered whether it would be preferable to have a building or a parking lot adjacent to the residential areas. The Planning