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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Gatewav Business Center - Arden Hills. MN <br /> <br />September 2001 <br /> <br />EAW <br /> <br />vacation. This may require a joint powers agreement between the two communities, <br />The developer will coopcrate with the Cities of Arden Hills and New Brighton, and <br />other agencies as this trail is planned and eventual improvcments are implemented, <br /> <br />d. Scenic views and vistas? 0 Yes 0 No <br /> <br />e. Other unique resources? 0 Yes 0 No <br /> <br />26. Visual Impacts. Will the project create adverse visual impacts during construction or operation? <br />Such as glare from intense lights, lights visible in wilderness areas and large visible plumes from <br />cooling towers or exhaust stacks? 0 Yes 0 No If yes, explain. <br /> <br />Lighting associated with construction and operation will meet the performance standards <br />specified in the Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance. Lights will be appropriately direeted and <br />coneealed with intensities that do not exceed those allowed in the Arden Hills Zoning <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />27. <br /> <br />Compatibility with Plans. Is the project subject to an adopted local comprehensive plan, land use <br />plan or regulation, or other applicable land use, water, or resource management plan of a local, <br />regional, state or federal agency? 0 Yes 0 No <br /> <br />If yes, describe the plan, discuss its compatibility with the project and explain how any conflicts will <br />be resolved. If no, explain. <br /> <br />According to the City of Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance and the associated Zoning Map, <br />this site is designated as Gateway Business (Figure 4), This distriet was specifically <br />established to provide a flexible framework for the development of the northcast quadrant <br />of the 1-694 and I-35W interchanges. The Gateway Business district allows for flexibility <br />and a mix of business, multi-family residential, and office development. The City <br />requires that the mix, relationship and intensity of uses and buildings be compatible and <br />complementary with uses in the district and adjacent uses. Proposed developments must <br />meet building size, height, floor area ratio, landscaping, falfade, parking, traffic, signage, <br />lighting, utility, and drainage restrictions. The uses proposed for the Gateway Business <br />Center development are consistent with those allowable in the Gateway Business district. <br />The intensity and mix of the uses also meet the restrictions and standards imposed by the <br />ordinance, <br /> <br />Based on the Arden Hills Comprehensive Plan, the project site is designated on the <br />Future Land Use Plan for Industrial development (Figure 3). The Comprehensive Plan <br />notes that development in areas designated as Industrial may include a broad range of <br />industrial uses, including office, warehouse and manufacturing, The Plan notes that the <br />Gateway Business District, specified in the Zoning Ordinance, is designed: (1) to <br />promote high quality, unified, large-scale development; (2) to take advantage of the <br />site's visibility; (3) to protect the site's environmental resources; (4) to promote <br />flexibility in land uses and development standards; and (5) to allow flexibility in design <br />standards, The proposed development in terms of its scale, design, mix of uses and <br /> <br />Page 27 <br />