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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The landscape area requirement for the I-I district states that a minimum of 35% of the <br />property should be kept as landscape area. The Guidant PUD Master Plan significantly <br />exceeds the requirements by having 53% of the property as landscape area. The revised <br />plans for Addition "J" represent a decrease of approximately 4,000 square feet from the <br />previously approved Master Plan PUD 2nd Amendment. <br /> <br /> <br />(Square Feet) <br />1,414,926 <br /> <br />(%) <br />35% Min <br /> <br />(Square Feet) <br />2,140,701 <br /> <br />Under the City's landscape plan design requirements 281.25 caliper inches of trees are <br />required (the minimum total caliper inches required for trees can be arrived at by dividing the <br />gross square footage of all floors of the building [90,000] by 320) for this case. The <br />applicant has proposed 247 caliper inches of deciduous and ornamental trees and 36.63 <br />eaIiper inches of coniferous trees in the provided area near Addition J. The result is 283.63 <br />total caliper inches, which more than meets the requirement. However, the caliper inches of <br />trees do not comply with the percentages outlined in the City of Arden Hills Landscaping <br />Plan standards (as shown on table below). <br /> <br />Caliper Inches of proposed trees are outlined on the table below <br /> <br />The coniferous trees proposed by the applicant actually fall somewhere between the <br />categories listed below as they are 3.33 ealiper inches (8-foot height divided by 2.4). Staff <br />has included the coniferous trees in the 2 to 3 inch caliper category. <br /> <br /> <br />1-2 Stories <br /> <br />50 % (140.62) <br /> <br />30 % (84.38) <br /> <br />20 % (56.25) <br /> <br />Proposed # of <br />Caliper Inches <br /> <br />154.13 <br /> <br />66.50 <br /> <br />63.00 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />4. Signage - Not Addressed <br /> <br />\\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\2Q04\04-01 Guidant Master Plan PUD Amendment and Final PUD for Addition J (PENDlNG)\02-04-Q4 PC <br />Rcport.doc <br /> <br />Page 4 of8 <br />