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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; CASE OF DAKOTA DEVELOPMENT By: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator Background: The City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review and approval fi:om Dakota Development. The plan proposes to construct a 46,208 square foot multi-tenant office and warehouse building in the A.E.C. Energy Park. The following items are enclosed a) b) c) d) Site location map Site plan City StaffReview Letter dated May 29, 1997 Proposed Development Permit Observations: The site is proposed to have one access onto Sunwood Drive and one access onto County Road #56. The City Engineer is recommending elimination of the proposed access onto County Road #56 and that Dakota Development conslxuct the improvements to Jasper Street and extend an alley west off of Jasper to provide an additional route for track traffic to reach the loading docks developed on all four of the lots. The cost of these traffic improvements would be covered by tax increment funds generated from the development of the plat. The plans have been forwarded to Anoka County Highway Department for review and comment. The site is zoned Business Warehouse which is appropriate for the intended use. The proposed structure meets City Code requirements for lot coverage, building height, setbacks, and loading docks. The plan does need to be modified to clearly identify the use of bituminous pavement and B612 concrete curbing around the perimeter of all bituminous surfaces, a 100% screened waste storage area, exterior finish on the walls, and a lighting plan. The facility will be served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. At the Planning Commission meeting the developer indicated that waste storage will be indoors and the exterior finish on the wails is proposed to be a combination of rock and smooth face block. In accordance with City Code, there will be a 20-foot wide landscaped area along Sunwood Drive and County Road #56. The landscape plan is rather sparse and Staff has recommended increasing the number of planting materials and designing a boulevard landscape along Sunwood Drive that will be compatible with that of the Vision Ease site to the east. The preliminary grading and utility plan is acceptable. The Planning Commission reviewed the plans on June 3 and recommended approval of same. The site plan is also subject to the covenants established by Anoka Electric Cooperative for this industrial park.