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<br />, , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C) <br />ROYALI<?i~~ <br /> <br />ARDEN HILLS OFFICE PARK DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />Royal Oaks Realty, Inc. is proposing to construct office buildings on the old City Hall <br />site. The property is located on the south side of Highway 96 and a short distance west of <br />HamIine Avenue. The subject property consist of six separate parcels of land totaling <br />8.09 gross acres. The net area of the land, omitting the Highway 96 right of way, is 6.83 <br />acres. <br /> <br />The easterly portion of the land is currently zoned N-B Neighborhood Business. The <br />westerly portion ofthe land is zoned Single Family Residential and is currently being <br />considered by the City of Arden Hills for N-B Neighborhood Business zoning. <br /> <br />The surrounding zoning is CC Civic Center District on the north side of Highway 96, <br />Single Family Residential to the west along Keithson Drive, R-3 Townhouse & Low <br />Density Multiple Density to the south(Arden Hills North Homes Association) and N-B <br />Neighborhood Business ( Children's World Learning Center) to the east along Hamline <br />Avenue. <br /> <br />This development proposal is for thirty office units (in seven separate buildings totaling <br />76,000 sq. ft.) to be constructed with a residential architectural design and appearance. <br />Like townhomes, each unit will be subdivided and platted with an underlying lot and sold <br />individually. The remaining property (lot 31) will be owned in common. All exterior <br />buildings and grounds will be governed and maintained by an Owners Association. <br /> <br />A Plmmed Unit Development (PUD) is being requested mainly for the purpose of platting <br />individual lots in the saine manner as a medium density residential townhome <br />development. A subdivision would not be necessary for one large officc building to be <br />constructed and leased. The PUD process also allows minor variations from the N-B <br />zoning standards which are addressed later in this narrative. <br /> <br />Access to the site is proposed to and from Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue. The <br />existing driveway from Highway 96, formerly used for City hall, will be improved and <br />used with right in right out movement only. A service drive will be constructed within an <br />existing easement on the south side of the Children's World Day Care facility allowing <br />full turning movement on and off Hamline Avenue. A traffic study has been done which <br />concludes that with some minor improvements, the existing roadway network can safely <br />accommodate the additional traffic to be generated with this development. <br /> <br />1000 County Road E West, Suite 150 . Shoreview, Minnesota 55126 . (651) 483-5518 . Fax (651) 483-5642 <br />Wvvw. ray a loaksrea I ty. com <br />