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-----AV � ENHILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 8, 2010 PC Agenda Item 3*A TO: Planning Commission FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case#10-009 -This application requires a PUBLIC HEARING Applicant: 1201 County Road E LLC (TAT Properties LLC) Property Location: 1201 West County Road E Request: Zoning Code Amendment, Preliminary and Final Plat, Master and Final Planned Unit Development Requested Action The applicant has requested a Zoning Code Amendment, Preliminary and Final Plat, and Master and Final Planned Unit Development(PUD)to allow the existing student housing facility located at 1201 County Road E, the former Holiday Inn site, to convert from an interim to a permanent use. Background 1. Overview of Request: In March 2008 the City approved a request from TAT Properties and Northwestern College granting an Interim Use Permit (IUP) at the former Holiday Inn property that would allow the College to operate a student housing facility in the B-2 District. TAT Properties had purchased the building and intended to lease it to Northwestern College. The IUP is set to expire May 30, 2011. Student housing is currently defined as "institutional housing" in the City's Zoning Code. As part of the approval the City adopted an IUP process, and amended the City's land use chart to allow institutional housing as an interim use in the B-2 District, under certain circumstances. At the time of the IUP approval the City was just beginning the process of developing the Guiding Plan for the B-2 District, which was ultimately adopted in October 2008. When the City's zoning regulations were consequently amended to incorporate the goals of the Guiding Plan shortly after it was adopted, institutional housing as an interim use in the B-2 District City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for September 8, 2010 C:IDOCUME—I IMEAGAN—I.BEEILOCALS—I I TempIELF8109-08-10-PC Report-Arden Hall.doc Page 1 of 14