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. JAINT rpAUL c/b.EA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 401 North Robert Street Suite 150 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Phone: 651.223.5000 Fax: 651.223.5119 Suburban Services Center 3262 Rice Street little Canada, Minnesota 55126 Phone: 651.256.4770 Fax: 651.256.4771 YOUR BUSINESS ADVOCATE December 9, 2002 Mr. Jim Mulder Mr. Tom Paschke Roseville Planning Commission 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville MN 55113 Dear Mr. Mulder & Mr. Paschke: The Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce appreciates the opportunity to comment on the building and lot coverage issue currently under study by the City of Roseville. The Chamber has reviewed the city staff report on the issue and has talked with a number of real estate owners and developers familiar with the issue. Based on our review, we believe that the staff recommendations are appropriate and accomplish the key goals of continuing to provide for economic vitality in the city, providing flexibility for future expansion to existing shopping center owners and ensuring that existing centers are in compliance with city zoning code. In addition, we believe that the changes recommended by city staff will also provide for the opportunity to support transit use by creating new parking capacity at Rosedale. Specifically, the Chamber supports increasing the building coverage ratio to 30% of the developable land area within the shopping center master plan; removing public roads, transit and pedestrian easements from the definition of developable lot area; excluding parking ramps and decks from the definition of "building"; allowing the height of a shopping center or outlot building to vary based on FAR and its horizontal separation from residential districts; and allowing FAR of up to 1.0, which is consistent with other communities. Finally, we strongly encourage the city to utilize a Planned Unit Development strategy for existing developments seeking to expand by more than 10% and for all future shopping center type developments. saint paul chamber. com