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3. Special Use Permit - Scction 8.D.3.b Section 8.D.3.b of the Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance lists thc critcria for cvaluating a Special . Use Pcrmit, which is also used for sitc plan reviews. The Planning Commission and City Council shall consider thc cffect 0 f the proposed use upon the health, safety, convenience and general welfare ofthc owners and occupants of the surrounding land, in particular, and the community as a whole, in general, including but not limitcd to the following factors: I. Existing and anticipatcd traffic and parking conditions; 2. "loise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid or solid wasle, and other nuisance characteristics; 3, Drainage; 4. Population density; 5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; adjoining land values; 6. Park dedications where applicable; and the 7. Orderly dcvclopment of the ncighborhood and the City within the general purpose and intcnt of this ordinance and the Comprehensive Development Plan for the City. Findings of Fact The Planning Commission must make a finding as to whether or not the proposed modifications to the building at 3755 Dunlap Avenuc would adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood or thc community as a whole based on the aforementioned factors. Staff offers the following . findings for consideration: On the Purpose of the B-4 Zone: 1. While thc existing use is not retail based and is unlikely to advance the retail goals of the zone, the current officc/warehouse use is a legal, confornling use in the B-4 Zone, 2, The proposed exterior modifications to 3755 Dunlap Avenue will likely increase the usefulness ofthc building for thc existing office and warehouse use. The applicant is not proposing any other changes or upgrades to the extcrior of the building. 3. The proposed modifications are compatible with the other buildings in the B-4 Zone in terms lot arrangement and dcsign. Eight of the other nine buildings in the B-4 Zone have loading docks (Attachment 3B-2). Six of the eight buildings havc four or more loading docks. The building immediately north of the subject property has 18 loading docks and the building to the south of the subject property has four loading docks, 4, The vchicular and pedestrian circulation will be similar in character to the other buildings in thc B-4 Zone. 5. The existing arrangement on the lot produces congestion on the site because of the limited access to the warehouse p0l1ion of the building which causes trucks to wait on the City of A rden Hills Planning Commission Afecting/()r July J 2, 2006 I,'dvfelru-inel.lls'iardenfril!slf'!allningiPhmning Cases'2006dJ6-020 ClI}"/nsulatiol1 site plan revin.. (PENDfNC)I062806 - PC /"epon - CilY . insularion Sile Plan Review.doc Page 4 of 6