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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - SEPTEMBER I, 1999 DRAfT 12 The motion carried unanimously (5-0). . This Planning Case will be reviewed at the Monday, September 13, 1999, City Council meeting. PLANNING CASE #99-16 - ARDEN MANOR - 4605 NORTH PRIOR AVENUE- SPECIAL USE PERMIT - PUBLIC HEARING Chair Erickson opened the public hearing at 9: 10 p.m. 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 ofI35W. Arden Manor is 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. e 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 off the 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. 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. Due to the changes made over the years, and potential changes with the reconstruction of Highway 96, staff recommended that the applicant work with staff to update the special use permit within the next two years. The applicant was requesting that the north portion of the park be allowed the modifications of the street, as well as replacing the single wides with double wides and adding the additional unit. Upon review, staff felt that these were minor changes to the mobile home park and would be improvements. 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