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<br />rest of the City Code. Both Codes, along with the rest of the City Code, are available on <br />the City's website. <br /> <br />A reworked front porch ordinance was adopted in the first half of 2006, which permitted <br />new front porches to encroach into the front yard setback provided certain conditions and <br />design requirements are met. <br /> <br />In May, the City approved a zoning ordinance amendment request from a property owner <br />to allow special and higher education uses as conditional uses within the B-4 Zone. The <br />three other updates and amendments were initiated by the City. <br /> <br />Planned Unit Developments <br /> <br />Of the three Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in 2006, only one was fully reviewed in <br />2006. The proposal from Royal Oaks Realty to redevelop the old City Hall site was <br />approved in the second of half of 2006; however, the developer has since decided to not <br />pursue that project. <br /> <br />A Final PUD application was submitted by Chesapeake Companies for the property at the <br />northeastern comer of I-35W and 1-694 in October; however, the review of that <br />application will not occur until 2007. The Master PUD application, which will guide the <br />Final PUD review, for Chesapeake Companies, was approved in 2001. <br /> <br />Northwestern College submitted an updated Master PUD for their campus, which will <br />also be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council in the first half of2007. <br /> <br />Site Plan Reviews <br /> <br />All eight of the site plan review applications in 2006 were approved. Four of the site plan <br />reviews were from businesses in the City, three were from residential properties, and the <br />remaining site plan review was from Bethel University. <br /> <br />Two of the businesses requested site plan reviews to modify the exterior of a building in <br />the B-4 District. Modifying the exterior of a building includes re-facing a building, <br />moving doors and windows, and altering other aspects of the exterior of a building that <br />can be seen from neighboring properties or the public right-of-way. The two other <br />business site plan reviews included a request to expand parking in the I-Flex District, and <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting <br />January 29, 2007 <br /> <br />\\Metro-iner.lIslardenhills\PlanningICommunity Developmenl\Council Agenda Ilems\Community Developmellf Year in Review memo to council J- <br />24-07.doc <br /> <br />Page 4 of! 0 <br />