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Plan Evaluation <br /> 1. Proposed Zoning Code Amendment <br /> The applicant is requesting institutional housing be added as a permitted use, if approved <br /> through the PUD process, in the B-2: General Business District Zone. The B-2 Zone <br /> generally encompasses those properties along County Road E between Lexington Avenue <br /> and Highway S 1/Snelling Avenue. <br /> Section 1320.04 Subd 1 states that the purpose of the B-2: General Business District is: <br /> A. To be a place in which people can live, work and play. <br /> B. To create a compact, architecturally diverse,pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly <br /> community with a distinct identity. <br /> C. To provide a connected sidewalk system and places for people to gather and socialize. <br /> D. To implement design standards to promote an attractive environment with lasting and <br /> sustainable value. <br /> E. To group compatible retail and service business uses that tend to draw trade that is <br /> naturally interchangeable and promotes business prosperity. <br /> F. To provide an adequate supply of businesses and professional service areas to meet <br /> the needs of the residents. <br /> G. To minimize the effects of traffic congestion,noise, odor, glare and similar safety <br /> problems. <br /> H. To implement the Plan known as the "Guiding Plan for the B2 District,"which was <br /> adopted by the City Council on October 27, 2008. <br /> Currently, the Zoning Code permits institutional housing as a conditional use in all <br /> residential districts in the City and the CC: Civic Center District. With the adoption of the <br /> Guiding Plan for the B-2 District a number of changes to the Zoning Code were also <br /> instituted. Multiple-family housing was added as a permitted use, through a PUD process, in <br /> the B-2 District at that time. Institutional housing is defined in Section 1305.04 Subd. 80 of <br /> the Zoning Code as: <br /> Institutional housing. Student or faculty housing for four (4) or more persons <br /> on rental basis, rest home, hospital, sanatorium, nursing home, convalescent <br /> home, orphan home. <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> Planning Commission Meeting for September 8, 2010 <br /> C:I DOCUME I I MEAGAN—L BEET LOCALS—I I Temp I ELFM9-08-10-PC Report-Arden Hall.doc <br /> Page 4 of 14 <br />