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-32- Motion by Councilmember Anderson, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to adopt the development agreement. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Anderson, Kurak, Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #6: Request for Site Plan Review of Minndak; Case of Kevin and Jennifer Lynnes Community Development Director Frolik stated that the City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review from Minndak. The site plan is proposing to construct an office/warehouse facility. The area is generally located north of State Highway #10 and abuts the common borderline of the City of Elk River and Ramsey. Minndak is proposing to develop on Lot 1, Block 1 of the proposed West Ramsey Industrial Park. Minndak is a residential home and plumbing contractor, which according to the City's zoning regulations, would be an Industrial use. The City Council introduced an ordinance on February 26, 2002 to rezone West Ramsey Industrial Park from B-1 Business to Industrial. The City Council will be considering final adoption of the ordinance on March 26, 2002. In conjunction with the rezoning request, the City processed a Comprehensive Plan amendment to change the land use designation in the 2001 Comprehensive Plan from Places to Shop to Places to Work. The Comprehensive Plan amendrnent was approved by the City Council on February 26, 2002, but site plan approval was tabled pending Metropolitan Council action on the Comprehensive Plan amendment. The Metropolitan Council approved the lane use change to Places to Work on March 19, 2002. The site plan is proposing to construct a 15,000 square foot office/warehouse structure. The principal structure meets the front yard, rear yard, and side yard setbacks established in the Industrial district. The industrial district restricts lot coverage to 35%, the site plan is proposing to construct a total of 15,000 square feet of building space on 4.6 acres, which equates to approximately a 7.5% lot coverage: The site will derive one (1) access point from the extension of 156th Avenue. City Code requires, all driveways and off-street parking areas to be paved and finished with B-6/12 concrete curbing. The site plan indicates that the employee/customer parking area and the loading berth area will be surfaced with bituminous pavement. According to the site plan, the customer/employee parking area will be finished with concrete curbing. The applicant would like to construct a future addition within the next 3-5 years that would consist of approximately 25,000-35,000 square feet of office/warehouse space. On February 26, 2002 the applicant requested City Council approval to waive the concrete requirements in the future expansion area. City Council directed the applicant meet with the City Engineer to determine an alternate plan for concrete curbing. Instead of installing concrete curbing, the applicant is proposing to establish bituminous curbing around the perimeter of the loading berth area. The City Engineer feels that the proposed bituminous curbing achieves the same goal as concrete curbing. Staff incorporated language in the development permit stating that the bituminous barrier around the loading berth must stay intact until such time that the applicant chooses to construct a future addition along the subject barrier bituminous line. The proposed development is subject to the review and permitting of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management City Council/March 26, 2002 Page 14 of 25 ! I i I I I I I I I I I I I