Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/06/1999

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CASE # 2 REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF NEW LIFE CHURCH By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: The City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review from New Life Church. The plan proposes to construct a church on the east side of T.H. #47, at 172nd. The following items are enclosed: a) b) c) Site location map Site Plan City Staff Review Letter dated June 30, 1999 Notification: Site Plans are not required to be subjected to public hearings. Observations: :. The site is 10 acres in size. One access is proposed onto T.H. #47 and the plans have been forwarded to Mn/DOT for comment. The church building is proposed to be 13,136 square feet in size and exterior wails will consist of a combination of rock face and single scored block. The facility will be served by an on-site septic system and well. The area of the building and the paved parking lot do not exceed the 25% impervious surface restriction in this area. The structure meets all building setback requirements, however, the placement is also affected by landscaping requirements. City Code requires a 40 foot landscaped buffer area between non-residential uses and residentially zoned property. Although the parcel to the south is occupied by Wirz' Nursery, it is zoned residential and therefore the standard 10 foot side yard setback increases to 40 feet. The plan shows the church is set back 35 feet from the south property line; it will be necessary to shift the structure and parking lot 5 feet to the north. In accordance with City Code a sufficient number of off-street parking spaces are provided and all traveled surfaces of the lot will be paved with bituminous. With the exception of a parking expansion area on the northeast comer of the lot, all bituminous surfaces are proposed to be finished with B 6/12 concrete curbing. Staff has recommended that the parking lot expansion area be finished with a rolled bituminous curb. ' The Landscape Plan consists of transplanting 11 coniferous trees to the west property line and adding 4 Maple trees and 3 Flowering Crab trees along the west elevation of the building. Staff has recommended the addition of 5 deciduous trees and 30 shrubs to the Landscape Plan. The City Engineer has requested modifications to the Grading Plan.