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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 13,1999 1 13 . west was far away from this home and the applicant had the support of his neighbors. Additionally the grade of the property would make expansion to the north difficult. Councilmember Aplikowski concurred with the Mayor and indicated that if the garage were allowed, it would only make sense to allow the house addition in order to maintain a straight aligmnent of the home. Mayor Probst asked the applicant ifhe had anything to add. Mr. Timothy Stowman, 1191 Carlton Drive, stated that one issue with only allowing the garage addition was that the garage is only 75 percent below grade. It terms of a good sight line, it would help the garage addition to allow the house addition as well. He added that the east side of the home has an addition without a full basement, which would make it difficult to expand this direction. MOTION: Councilmember Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Larson secondcd a motion to approve Planning Case #99-14, Side Yard Setback Variance (5 feet proposed, when 10 feet is required) for an attached garage and house addition as requested, Mayor Probst suggested that the basis for approving this request, as listed earlier by staff, be included in the motion, Councilmembcr Malone stated that an additional reason for approval had been the City Council's consideration of the unique circumstances of the property to the west, being oversized and oddly shaped, which resulted in the home being further away from the lot line than would be considered standard. . Councilmembers Aplikowski and Larson concurred with the amendments to the motion. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), 2. Case #99-15, Guidant (CPI), 4100 Hamline Avenue North, Planned Unit Development Amendment Ms. Randall explained that the applicant was proposing to update their Master Plan to include an auditorium addition to Building E and D. Secondly, the applicant was requesting approval of an amendment to their previously approved planned unit development to allow for the expansion of Building E to include an auditorium at their campus which is located at 4100 Hamline Avenue, Building E was primarily used for research and development activities. The existing Master Plan shows a future campus expansion by adding Buildings G and H. These would be primarily for manufacturing facilities. The applicant proposed and was granted approval to expand Building E due to the growth of the research and development area ofthe company, At the time, a smaller auditorium was planned inside the expansion, After further review of their business needs and layout of the proposed expansion, they discovered that they would better benefit from a larger auditorium linked to the research and development area. The use of the auditorium will be for internal meetings primarily conducted every month discussing development or new products. . The applicant was asking that they be allowed to show proof of parking, With the additions proposed to Building E, the parking area will be short 29 parking spaces. The parking lot to the