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I i I I I I I I I I i CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF FIRE STATION; CASE OF CITY OF RAMSEY By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Background: The City of Ramsey has engaged the services of SEH Architects to prepare a site plan for the new fire station to be developed west of Armstrong Blvd., across from 150~ Lane N.W. The following items are enclosed for your information and review: a) Site location map b) Site plan c) City Staff Review Letter dated January 27, 2000 d) Draf~ Planning Commission meeting minutes dated February 1, 2000 will be available at the meeting Notification: A public hearing is not required for site plans.. However, City Staff did send a copy of the Planning Commission case to property owners adjacent to and across the street from the proposed lire station site. Observations: The site is approximately 5 acres in size and a minor subdivision must be processed to create a separate lot of record from the original 40 acres. The property is zoned R-1 Rural Residential, for which Code was recently amended to include fire stations as permitted uses. The facility is proposed to have one access onto Armstrong Blvd. N.W. The site is not in the Me.tropolitan Urban Service Area and will be serviced with an on-site well and septic system. The building is proposed to be 10,856 square feet in size. Lot coverage, including impervious surfaces, is restricted to 25% of the lot area in this residential district, or 54,450 square feet in this case. If the building only consumes 1/5~ of the coverage allowance, lot coverage compliance is not anticipated to be an issue. The f'mal site plan should include impervious surface calculations. The structure meets ali of the setback requirements and will be constructed of brick, pre-cast stone panels, and some decorative metal panels. Council will have to specilically approve the use of the decorative metal panels. The structure complies with the 35 foot height restriction, except that there is a decorative, metal faCade that is proposed to be attached to the hose tower. This decorative piece extends the height of the building to 37 feet. City Code exempts lire hose towers from height restrictions, so no variance will be necessary.