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 CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; CASE OF JULIAN JOHNSON By: Sylvia Frolik, Zoning Administrator Background: The City of Ramsey has received a request for site plan review and approval from Julian Johnson. The plan proposes to construct a 48,000 square foot multi-tenant office, manufacturing and warehouse building in Business Park 95 4th Addition. The following items are enclosed: a) Site location map b) Site plan c) City Staff Review Letter dated April 30, 1997 Observations: The site is proposed to have two accesses onto McKinley Street. The City Engineer has recommended that these accesses are located so that they are a minimum of 100 to 150 feet fi'om the intersection of Unity Street and McKinley Street or that an access be aligned with Unity Street on the north side of McKinley. The site is zoned Industrial which is appropriate for the intended use. The proposed structure meets City Code requirements for lot coverage, building height and setbacks. The structure facing is proposed to consist of pre-cast exposed aggregate and random ribbed panels which is accordance with City Code. The facility will be served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. In accordance with City Code, there will be a 20-foot wide landscaped area along McKinley Street. The applicant is also proposing to establish a combination of trees, shrubbery, and turf on the site. Staff has recommended that the Norway maples be substituted with a more hearty species for Ramsoy soils. Provided no outdoor storage is proposed, there will be no screening required from the adjacent industrial parcels or the street. City Code requires one parking space for every employee on the maximum working shift for industrial uses. The site plan does not indicate the number of employees projected for the facility so staff cannot make a determination as to whether or not the 65 parking spaces proposed are sufficient. All of the driveways, loading areas and off-street parking areas are proposed to be surfaced with bituminous and finished with B612 concrete curb. At the date of this writing, the City had not received a grading and drainage plan. However, the Staff review letter provides direction for the development of such a plan. Said plan will be subject to approval of the City Engineer. The site plan is also deficient ora 100 percent screened waste storage plan if in fact the waste storage is to be conducted outside the building. The site plan also does not identify a 100 percent screened waste storage plan if the waste storage is to be conducted outside the building.