Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/02/1998

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CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; CASE OF PECK PROPERTIES By: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator Background: The City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review and approval from Peck Properties. The plan proposes to construct a 61,700 square foot multi-tenant office and warehouse facility on Lot 2, Block 1, in the Business Park 95 7th Addition. The anchor tenant would be Peck Construction. Observations: The site will receive public access from the northerly extension of Radium Street off of McKinley Street N.W. The facility proposes two accesses onto Radium Street. The proposed development does not exceed the 35% building coverage or 85% impervious surface area restrictions of City Code and the Busines~ Park 95 Covenants. The structure meets all of the setback requirements, will be constructed entirely of concrete masonry units, and has loading docks located on the rear wall. All maneuvering areas on the site will be surfaced with bituminous and finished with B-612 concrete curbing. The waste storage area and above ground fuel storage tank are also enclosed in a concrete masonry structure in accordance with City Code and the Covenants. There is an outside storage area noted in the northeast comer of the site. This storage area will be screened with a 10 foot high concrete masonry enclosure which is set back 15 feet off the property line. Staff has recommended that landscaping be used to soften the impact of this concrete enclosure. Staff has also recommended that some landscaping be added to the east property line to screen dock activity from Anoka Enterprise Park to the east. Staff at Anoka and Ramsey have agreed that industrial development on both sides of the common border between the two communities should attempt to maintain a 20 foot setback. For the most part, this can be achieved on the east property line of the Peck site, except for that northeast comer in which outside storage is proposed. The buffer in that area must decrease to a width of 15 feet in order to provide a sufficient mount of maneuvering area for track traffic. In accordance with City Code, a 20 foot wide green space is provided along the public street, Radium Street N.W. The drainage and lighting plans are acceptable to the City Engineer. The Engineer has recommended that the loading dock ramps be reduced from a 10% to an 8% grade. The proposed site plan will also have to be reviewed by the Business Park 95 Architectural Review Board.