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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—JULY 28, 2025 13 Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen explained the open house would be held later this fall. Mayor Grant closed the public hearing at 9:34 p.m. 11. NEW BUSINESS A. Resolution 2025-051 Approving a Planned Unit Development Amendment for Planning Case 25-005—Arden Plaza/Brett Foss—3529 Lexington Avenue Senior Planner Fransen stated the Applicant is proposing to amend the Arden Plaza PUD to allow for a Class I thrift store use and the operation of the thrift store business, Odds & Ends Again within Building #5 at the Subject Property. The Applicant is proposing that Odds & Ends Again be allowed at the Subject Property as a Class I thrift store as defined in the Zoning Code and provided for in the criteria in Section 1325.046 Thrift Store Additional Criteria. In the May 27 City Council approval, a Class I thrift store was added as an allowed use within the B-2 General Business Zoning District, the underlying zoning district of the Subject Property, if certain criteria are met. Senior Planner Fransen reported the Planning Commission reviewed this application at their July 9, 2025, meeting and have offered the following findings of fact for your consideration: 1. Brett Foss has requested approval of a Planned Unit Development Amendment to the Arden Plaza Master PUD to allow for a Class I thrift store use at 3529 Lexington Avenue, located within Building#5 of the Master PUD. 2. The original Master PUD for the development was approved in Planning Case #09-011. Subsequent PUD Amendments were approved in Planning Case #11-016, Planning Case #15-002, and Planning Case#15-016. 3. The original Master PUD established retail sales and services as the permitted use for Building#5. 4. A Planned Unit Development Amendment is required to allow for a thrift store use in Building#5 of the PUD. 5. A Class I thrift store may be permitted if they meet the conditions for all thrift stores, conditions in the thrift store, Class I definition and the thrift store, Class I conditions. 6. The applicant has demonstrated that the proposed tenant space is located within a multitenant building and is under 7,000 square and less than 20 percent of the total multi- tenant building square footage, meeting the definition of a Class I thrift store. 7. The applicant has submitted materials with their request to demonstrate that the proposed thrift store use would comply with the Zoning Code requirements. 8. A public hearing for a PUD Amendment request is required before the request can be brought before the City Council. 9. The Planning Commission held a public hearing for this land use application on July 9, 2025. Senior Planner Fransen explained the Planning Commission reviewed this application at their July 9, 2025, meeting. At that time, they recommended approval with conditions of the land use application for a Planned Unit Development Amendment to the Arden Plaza PUD by a 6-0 vote. The Commission recommended approval of Resolution 2025-051 for Planning Case 25-005 for a PUD Amendment to the Arden Plaza PUD at 3529 Lexington Avenue, based on the findings of