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---.---- ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MAY 3, 2006 10 facility wherc students could socialize. He uoted the students coming to this building . would be professional adults and this would not be a school where there would be a lot of young adults who had a tendency to socialize in parking lots. Viee Chair Zimmerman closed the public hearing at 8:52 p.m. Commissioner Larson stated currently in a multi-tenant building they had different levels of parking criteria. He asked if a use is permitted was there an evaluation done of that building? He noted if they made this an entire use, the entir," space could be converted and overwhelm the parking. Mr. Lehnhoff responded that wasa possibility. Commissioner McClung statcd Mr. Davidson's AT)chorl?1l1lk facility was a nice development. He stated he had major conccrns:ffl,bout expanding a permitted use that potentially might take any land off the tax ba.~m'H," expressedconcem with the B-4 zoning not fitting what businesses have migFilted to at this stretch ofland. He stated he was concerned about drawing pcop1c intotnl~:~rea that~ight crcate "mischief" in an area where there were no people after 6:00 p.m. amjr,p.!! the \V~~kends right now. He stated he ';Yi,.!;!';. ,<'.' "';' was opposed to doing anything in a section that WPl-llclClpenihe City (0 more institutional land. V ice Chair Zimmerman noted since one of their optiortS'~&ya~,to allow this as a special use, it would allow thc City some control over what w()'~Id>be developed in this B-4 Zone. Commissioner McClung stated he still hadlln overti'ding concern about how they . were dealing with thisijlrespect to the entire City. Commissioner Thompson Ihoved, seconded by Commissioner Modesette to approve Planning CaseN;Q, 06-015; Zoning Ordinance addition to allow higher and special education as a speCililllseintheB-4 Zone, Commissioner Larson stated he would be voting against this motion and he agreed with Commission McClung that the, City had a lot of institutional property and an educational use in this area he did not belii;v," was prudent . Commissioner Modesette noted the redevelopment of that particular area (0 this type of use could draw the retail into the area, The motion to rceommcnd approval the Ordina.nce amendment to pelmit higher education and special education as special uses in the B-4 Zone was approved (4-2 Commissioners Larson and McClung opposed). .