Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/04/2003

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Basalt Propexies, LLP- Sire Plan August 29, 2003 Page 2 of 4 The site plan approval is .contingent upon sewer and water to be installed in Basalt Street. Provisions shall be made co coordinate with that construction activity. Setbacks: The southern building (Building A) on the subject property meets the required 35-~bot front and rear ,~ard and 20-foot side yard setback requirements. The northern building (Building B) meets the front-yard setback of 35 Seer and the side yard setback of 20 feet. The rear yard setback for Building B is 26 feet, which is less than the required setback oi' 35 feet. However, you are requesting chat this deviation be allowed as parr of the Ptanned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning. Staff feels that cilia deviation from the required rear yard setback is acceptable contingent on approval of the PUD rezoning. Cir/Code requires a 20-foot ~een space area adjacent to all public roads, which this site plan meets. Landscaping: Cit,/Code requires one (1) tree per every, forty, (40) lineal feet of site perimeter be planted tkrouemut the site. Of these crees, there must be at least one (1) tree planted per thirty-five feet along any public road .Sromage on the prope~. City Code also requires chat no [ess than 25% of the ~ees planted be deciduous and no [ess than !5% coniferous. Furrhenmore, City,.' Code requires that ne more than 25?4 of the crees planted consist of ornamental trees. In addition to these plantings, City. Code also requires that one (I) overstou tree per ten (10) parking spaces be installed, within or immediately adjacent co the parking area, to provide shade and visual relief Finally, City Code requires that four (4) shrubs be planted Ibc each required tree. The parcel has roughly i,570 lineal feet of sire perimeter, which equates r.o a minimum of thirty-nine (39) trees to be installed. Of these, a minimum of twenty-two (22) need to be planted along Basalt St and ! 41st Ave to satisfy, the public ro~d irontage planting requirement. The remaining trees can be planted throughout the propew/. The current mndscapm_ plan shows a total of thirty-one (3 l) trees being installed on site and that twelve (12) existing trees will be preserved, resulting in a total of t-brt-y-three (43) trees (the ex, isting trees are of sufficient size to be credited toward the planting requirements). These include thirty-one (3 l) installed trees along both Basalt St and 141~t Ave and an addkional lbur (4) trees, which are being preserved, along Basalt St. The landscaping plan also includes a total of 158 shrubs that will be installed, which is two more ~han required by Civ/Code. There are forty-five (¢5) parking stalls indicated on the site plan. This results in the need for a minimum of four (4) additional overstory trees that should be planted within or adjacent to the parking areas. These plantings should occur in or adjacent to the two lots on the north and south ends of the site. The planting area for each of these trees shall be a mimmum of 162 square feet. The southern lot has sufficient planting~ adjacent to it; however, there should be ar least one additional tree, and preferably two or more, installed along the northern lot to provide some shading to these stalls. ,411 species included in the species palette are considered to be ekher acceptable or preferred as outlined in the Ramsey Tree Book. All species appear r,o meet the minimum size requirements stated in City Code; although, there is one discrepancy in regard to species size. The species palette does not indicate the size of the Skyline Honey Locust. 68