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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 27, 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Nancy Randall, Associate,PI1ner <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Planning Case 99-04, City of Arden Hills <br />Ordinance #315 - Neighborhood Business District <br /> <br />Request. The City of Arden Hills requests that the City Council approve Ordinance #3 I 5 <br />that would create a Neighborhood Business District (Exhibit A). <br /> <br />What is a Neighborhood Business. Neighborhood Business designates small, isolated areas <br />for neighborhood commercial land uses when they are compatible with surrounding <br />residential uses, Commercial uses that are high traffic generators, noise generators or <br />otherwise not compatible with residential neighborhoods are inappropriate, Typically <br />Neighborhood Business areas will be located on intersections or nodes that are on the edge of <br />residential areas, are not desirable sites for housing or have traditionally been occupied with <br />neighborhood services. <br /> <br />Background. The City for some time has been contemplating the future of several <br />"commercial comers" within the community, During the Comprehensive Plan Update <br />process in 1998 the City Council discussed the creation of a Neighborhood Business District. <br /> <br />Staff obtained, and distributed with the April 7, 1999, Planning Commission packet, <br />Neighborhood Business zoning ordinances from several cities to use as a guide. <br /> <br />The Staff has concluded a study and presented its findings, for discussion purposes only, to <br />the Planning Commission at its June 2, July 7, and August 4, regular meetings, The Staff <br />requested that the Planning Commission review and comment on areas that it wished further <br />clarification on and to direct the Staff to prepare for a public hearing on the proposed <br />ordinance, The Planning Commission, at these meetings, provided direction on the study and <br />then directed Staff to prepare for a public hearing on the ordinance at the September 1,1999, <br />regular meeting, <br /> <br />The Sites, The Planning Commission previously identified and discussed seven sites within <br />the community that should be considered for inclusion into the Neighborhood Business <br />district. The seven sites are as follows on the next page: <br />