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Conditional Use Permits and Amendments <br />In 2008, the City approved two conditional use permits (CUPs) and two CUP <br />amendments. One CUP was granted for T -Mobile to install nine cell phone antennas on a <br />City watertower (with an adjacent equipment shed) while the other CUP was for the <br />construction of a baseball field, dugouts and related fencing on the southwest corner of <br />the Mounds View High School property. One of the two CUP amendments was to allow <br />for minor exterior modifications through the building permit and administrative review <br />process to make such property improvements easier to do. The other CUP amendment <br />was for the vacant Burger King restaurant to be modified into an Arby's restaurant. <br />Preliminary/Final Plats <br />There were two sets of preliminary and final plats approved by the City in 2008, with an <br />additional set still pending. A preliminary and final plat was approved to subdivide the <br />Christensen Estates property of 3.08 acres into four conforming R-1 lots, adding three net <br />residential lots to the City. A second planning case requesting asix-month extension to <br />the Christensen Estates is currently pending. Preliminary and final plats were approved to <br />consolidate five parcels in the Gateway Business (GB) district into a single 2622 acre <br />property for the future Traverse Business Center that was approved in 2007. <br />Zoning Code and Code Amendments <br />The City experienced a busy year with the Zoning Code, introducing 10 new Zoning <br />ordinance amendments: <br />1. Amending the Sign Code to more clearly prohibit dynamic display signs and <br />provide more guidance in the sign regulations. This was in response to the <br />expiration of a one-year moratorium that was imposed by the City in January <br />2007 to ban farther dynamic display signs. <br />2. Adding an Interim Use Permit process to include "Institutional Housing" as an <br />interim use within the B-2 district. <br />3. Amending the landscaping requirements (Sections 1320 and 1325 of the <br />Zoning Code) to improve their clarity. <br />4. Establishing a tree preservation ordinance to preserve and replenish tree <br />populations within the City. <br />5. Amending an ordinance to allow antenna operators to construct and maintain <br />their own structures. This amendment was response to the approved CUP in <br />which T -Mobile offered to construct the equipment shed that the City was <br />required to build under the original ordinance. <br />6. Incorporating the design guidelines developed in the approved Guiding Plan <br />for the B2 District into the existing Zoning Code for the B2 district. <br />City ofArden Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting.for March 4, 2009 <br />P: IPlanningDepartment Records�Quarterly & Year End Reportsl2008W30409 - 2008 Year in Review for PC. doe <br />Page 3 of 10 <br />