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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - MARCH 3, 2004 4 . Chair Sand asked if item three met lot reqnirements. Me. Hellegers replied it did meet the . lot requirement. Chair Sand asked about the lighting plan and the decorative lighting requirement. Me. Hellegers replied the Neighborhood Business District had a requirement that there be decorative lighting instead of the standard shoe-box lighting. He indicted applicant was willing to work with staff with respect to lighting. Commissioner Ricke asked if there was any proposal for on street parking, Me. Hellegers relied there was no proposal for on street parking. He noted there was a letter in the Commissioner's packet from Kathleen Russell, 2015 County Road D West, opposing this development because of on-street parking. However, he indicted he believed Ms. Russell misunderstood ihe request by applicant and there would be no on street parking for this development. Me. Hellegers suggested adding a condition number 14 to read: Parking lot lighting be revised and submitted to the City Planner for approval prior to issuance of a building permit. Chair Sand invited anyone for or against the varIance to come forward and make comment. Dick Zehring, President ofMSP Commercial, stated they had worked hard on coming up with a high quality building and he believed this was a good development for this site. . He noted St. Paul Radiology was anxious to have this development. He thanked the Commission for their assistance, Commissioner Zimmerman asked how many suites would there be and how much parking would that entail. Mr. Zehring replied there were a total of 18 employees at this location, with only 9 employees at any given time. He indicated there would also only be 9 patients at any given time due to the limited machines. So, if all of the employees were there and they had maximum patients on site, they would only need 27 parking spaces. Chair Sand inquired about drawing sheet A-3 and asked if this would be a cut stone look or a burnished look. A representative of Genesis Architecture stated this would have a cut stone look, which would give the building a very strong face and nice contrast to the efface material. He stated they attempted to bring the scale of the building down to blend in with the neighborhood, Chair Sand asked Me. Zehring how he felt the neighborhood meeting went. Me. Zehring replied he believed the meeting went well, and the majority of the neighbors were in support of the project. Commissioner Ricke asked if they agreed to the original 13 conditions required by staff and the addition of condition 14 at tonight's meeting. Me. Zehring replied he was very comfortable with all ofthe conditions, . Mark McGuire, 2030 Glen Paul, recommended this development for approval. He stated the current neighbors to the north had opposed the previous development proposal due to the height of the building and the screening issue. He indicated this developer addressed