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City of Ramsey <br /> <br />15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />PH ONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 <br /> TDD (612) 427-8591 <br /> <br />April 1, 1999 <br /> <br />Steve Duncan <br />14150 Sunfish Lake Boulevard NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Re: Site Plan Review for Life Fitness-Parabody Expansion <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Duncan: <br /> <br />We are in receipt of a Preliminary Site P1an (Sheet C-2), Preliminary Grading Plan (Sheet C-3), <br />Preliminary Utility Plan (Sheet C4), Preliminary Landscape Plan (Sheet C-5), and Exterior <br />Elevations Option 'A' (Sheet AS.l) all dated March 16, 1999 and prepared by RLK Ruusisto, <br />Ltd. and Walsh Bishop Associates, Inc. We offer the following comments: <br /> <br />General: The plan proposes to construct a 205,536 square foot addition to the existing 56,648 <br />square foot principal building on the site for office, warehouse and manufacturing. The lot is <br />generally located northwest of Sunfish Lake Boulevard NW and Industry Avenue NW and north <br />of Health Quest Fitness Club. <br /> <br />Zoning: The site is located within an Industrial (I) Zoning <br />Office/manufacturing/warehouse operations are permitted uses in this district. <br /> <br />District. <br /> <br />Building Size: The existing principal building is 56,648 square feet. The plan indicates a <br />205,536 square foot expansion. This expansion area excludes a west break area of 2,480 square <br />feet, which amounts to a total principal building size of 264,664 square feet. <br /> <br />Lot Coverage: The site size is approximately 17 acres (740,520 square feet), excluding 4.95 <br />acres of wetland which will be deeded to the City. Lot coverage is restricted to 35% (259,182 <br />square feet). The proposed development proposes 35.7% (264,664 square feet) coverage. City <br />staff is not recommending a variance proceeding for this parcel for two reasons. First, had the <br />wetland parcel been included in calculation there would not be a 0.7% overage. However, the <br />applicant had concerns of potential existing environmental problems with the wetland, so there <br />was a motivation to split the wetland off from the buildable area. Second, the 0.7% overage does <br />not constitute 36% lot coverage and therefore still falls in the 35% range. <br /> <br /> <br />