Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/06/1997

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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 KCI, INC. By: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator Background: The City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review and approval from KCI, Inc. The plan proposes to construct a 10,060 office and warehouse building on Lot 3, Block 1, Oakridge Industrial Park. The following items are enclosed: a) Site location map b) Site plan c) City Staff review letter dated 4/25/97 Observations: The City will utilize tax increment funds to construct Sunfish Lake Court to provide public access to the proposed facility. The site is zoned Industrial for which office/warehouse is a permitted used. The proposed structure is within City Code requirements for lot coverage, building height and architectural standards. The exterior walls are proposed to consist of a combination of rock, smooth and broken face concrete block. The facility will be served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. The structure meets or exceeds all required building setbacks in the industrial district. In accordance with City Code, there will be a minimum of a 20-foot wide landscaped area along Sunfish Lake Court. The applicant is also proposing to establish a combination of trees, shrubbery, and/or turf on the northwest and south property lines. No screening is required from adjacent industrial parcels. City Code requires one off-street parking space for every employee on the maximum working shift and one off-street parking space for every 200 square feet of office space. In the case of KCI, 20 off-street parking spaces would be required and 29 are proposed. All driveways, off-street parking areas and loading areas are proposed to be surfaced with bituminous and finished with B612 concrete curb. The submittal is deficient of a drainage and grading plan, lighting plan and waste storage plan if it is to be outdoors. Recommendation: City staff recommends site plan approval contingent upon compliance with the City Staff Review Letter dated April 25, 1997. Commission Action: Motion to recommend City Council approve the proposed site plan for KCI, Inc., contingent upon compliance with the City Staff Review Letter, dated April 25, 1997. Reviewed by: Zoning Administrator City Engineer PC: 05/06/97