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<br />City of Arden Hills Chapter 13 Zoning Code <br /> <br />Subd.5 Special Regulations for Drive-In Businesses and Fast Food Restaurants in the <br />B-3 District. Section 1325.04 of this Code, specifies additional requirements for drive-in <br />businesses, fast food restaurants and automobile service stations. This paragraph (Subd. <br />4) is a provision whereby the proximity requirement of one thousand three hundred and <br />twenty (1,320) feet between drive-in businesses or fast food restaurants may be waived if <br />the following conditions are met: <br /> <br />A. The operation consists of one or more drive-in businesses or fast food <br />restaurants and is an integral part of a building containing one or more other <br />allowed uses, or the operation is part of an architecturally unified "food court" <br />or "drive-in service court" complex containing two or more restaurants, fast <br />food restaurants or drive-in businesses. <br /> <br />B. Shared access drives and shared parking are utilized by all such <br />restaurants, fast food restaurants or drive-in businesses in said building or <br />complex. <br /> <br />C. Only one "food court" or "drive-in business court" or building containing <br />fast food restaurants or drive-in businesses will be allowed in addition to one <br />freestanding fast food restaurant. <br /> <br />D. The architecture and the site, grading, circulation, landscaping, screening <br />and signage plans shall unify the appearance and function of the complex or <br />building. <br /> <br />E. A "fast food court" or "drive-in business court" may consist of one or <br />more buildings on one or more parcels if the intent of providing a unified <br />appearance and function is not compromised. <br /> <br />Subd. 6 District Requirements: (The district requirements in Section 1320.06 for the <br />B"3 District will apply). To further accomplish the stated purpose of the B-3 District, <br />developers are encouraged to plan their sites in the spirit of the purpose and intent of the <br />Planned Unit Development provision in Section 1320.14. At the time of submittal for the <br />Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review, the applicant shall identify modifications <br />to the standard zoning requirements otherwise applicable to the site and the reasons why <br />the modifications would be in the public interest and would be consistent with the <br />purpose of the district. <br /> <br />Subd. 7 Building Exteriors, Site Features and Site Development. Accomplishing the <br />stated purpose of the B-3 Service Business District requires particular concern for the <br />design of buildings, site features (such as landscaping, lighting, and signage) and site <br />design. The arrangement, geometry, massing, materials and colors shall be responsive to <br />existing buildings, site features and site design on adjoining sites in the district. The City <br />Council will make the final determination on the compatibility and consistency with this <br />prOVISIOn. <br /> <br />Section t320 - District Provisions <br />Adopted: November 13,2006 <br />Page t9 of 41 <br />