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. Conditional Use Permits . In 2006, the City approved four conditional use permits (CUPs). One application was withdrawn prior to being reviewed by the Planning Commission. Two of the conditional use permits werc for modifying the exterior of a building in the Gateway Business (GB) District. The subject building in both cases had been operating under a prior eonditional use permit. The City approved its first home based message therapy business conditional use permit under the regulations adopted in 2005, and the remaining CUP was for a special/higher educational use in the B-4 Zone. The CUP applieation that was withdrawn was for modifying the exterior of a building in the GB District. Preliminarv & Final Plats and Minor Subdivisions Of the estimated eighteen new residential lots created in Arden Hills since 2001, twelve were created in 2006 alone. Five of the twelve lots created in 2006 are pending final plat revicw, which will likely occur in the first part of2007. Duc to a loophole in the old Zoning Ordinancc and Subdivision Code, three of the new lots ereated in 2006 were not required to go through the nonnal subdivision process. The loophole, which has since been closed, pemlitted property owners to revert a property to . original platted boundaries even if the platted boundaries resulted in lots that did not meet the minimum requirements of the undcrlying zone. It was not uncommon in the past for people to purchase more than one residential lot and consolidate the two lots into a single lot for tax purposes. In some cases, the original platted lots would be nonconforming under current regulations. Because of this loophole, two lots were reverted back to the platted boundaries that did not meet the minimum requirements of the underlying zone. Now that the loophole has been closed, a property owner would be required to go through the variance process to revert a property back to the plattcd boundaries if that action would create a nonconforming lot. Had the redevelopment of the old City Hall property moved forward with the proposal that was approved, twenty-six new commercial lots would also have been created. Given the rapid increase in land values over the last several years (even with the recent slowdown in the real estatc market), the City is likely to see more lot splits in the few remaining places where it is possible to create confomling lots. City a/Arden Hills Planning COlllmission A1eeting Ji)r Jmllllll}' 10, 2007 \\Afelro-inet,uslardclllzills\PlanningIPlml1lillg Commission\Nell'-Old BlIsillessl!007\12!706 - !006 Year ill Rel'ievi/,doc . Page 2 of5