Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/06/2000

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Off-Street Parking - Design: The plan proposes to pave all driveways, off-street parking areas, and maneuvering areas and display areas with bituminous pavement and finished with B-612 concrete curbing. The plan proposes off-street parking to abut the south property line, which is adjacent to a residential zone. Because code requires a 40 foot landscaped areas between residential and commercial districts, this off-street parking area must be reconfigured. Off-Street Parking - Spaces Required: City Code requires one customer parking space for every 200 square feet of office floor space, and one parking space for every 1000 square feet of warehouse. Twenty-two (22) spaces, are required for the proposed office building and approximately 7 stalls are required for the warehouse portion. Thirty-two (32)-parking spaces are provided on the plan. The plan also' proposes that the stalls will be 9x20, which is in accordance with City Code. Again, the proposed are sufficient, but the parking area on the south property line wilt have to be re-located. ,' Lighting: The exterior lighting plan meets City Code requirements. ./ Drainage and Grading: The grading plan proposed paving all but approximately 15% of the lot area. Except for the two drive entrances onto Riverdale Drive, alt storm water runoff would be directed to the south and east borders of the property. It is proposed to discharge the storm water onto neighboring properties at these locations via rip-rapped spillways. These three localities include the southeast and southwest comers of the property, as well as midway along the eastern site boundary. The above drainage plan is not acceptable. Consideration should be given to creating ponding on the site and discharges from the property are limited to the predevelopment levels. Access: The site proposes to have two accesses from Riverdale Drive. This is acceptable; Sign: A sign permit is required for site signage. The cost of the permit is $100.00. No roof sign is allowed and no wall sign may extend above the top of the wall. The parcel may have 1 free standing sign at I00 square feet and wail signs are limited to 15% of the area of the front wall and 50 % of that allotment may be distributed to other walls of the facility. Storm Water Management Fee: The City has established a stormwater management fee in the amount of $5,011.46 ($3658 per/acre) that is due at the City prior to issuance of the building permit. The Planning Commission will be meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, to review the proposed site plan and