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15453 Nowthen Boulevard NW · Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 City Hall: (763) 427-1410 · Fax: (763) 427-5543 www.ci.ramsey.mn.us September 12, 2003 Revised September 19, 2003 Mr. Alan Linoff Academic Investments, Inc. 84 Tenth St. South Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55403 Re: Site Plan - PACT Charter School Dear Mr. Linoff: We are in receipt of a Site Plan, Landscaping, Grading~ Utility, and Floor Plans as well as Building Elevations for the PACT Charter School prepared by TSP One, Inc. dated September 3, 2003, Revised September 18, 2003. We offer the following comments: General: The site plan is proposing to develop a two-story, 71,350 square-foot Charter School on Lot - 1, Block 1 of the proposed Town CEnter subdivision. The school will accommodate approximately 560 students from Kindergarten to 12th Grade. The school is proposed to be located at the southwest quadrant of Ramsey Blvd. and the proposed Ramsey Parkway. Zoning: The site is currently zoned E-2. However, the City Council is currently in the process of rezoning the Town Center area into. new zoning districts; TC-1, TC-2, TC-3, TC-4, and TC-5. Even though the Town Center Zoning Districts have not been officially adopted, staff will be using them for the purpose of site plan review. The school is proposed to be located in TC-3, which allows for educational facilities as a conditional use permit. Due to scheduling issues, the public hearing for the Conditional Use Permit will be held at the Planning Commission meeting of October 2, 2003. The site plan will need to comply with any conditions enumerated in the conditional use permit. Lot Coverage: The new lot to be created as part of the Town Center plat will be 5.35 acres in size. The proposed building footprint size is 47,399 square feet, which results in lot coverage of approximately 20%. The' proposed TC-3 District requires a Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) of 0.5. On this particular lot, the F.A.R. requirement would mean that there would have to be 116,523' square feet of building. The school is proposing to have 71,350 square-feet, or a F.A.R. of 0.31.' If the area designated for playgrounds and tot lots are included (21,616 square feet), the F.A.R. is 0.40. The Planning Commission, after discussing the matter and recognizing the unique design needs of a sclmol, directed staff to draft a change to the proposed. TC-3 sub district. The change would create a TC-3a district that would only allow educational facilities that would not require as strict of F.A.R. as well as