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15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSE'Y, MINNESOTA 55303 TDD (612) 427-8591 October 9, 1996 Dennis Sharp Sharp & Associates 12060 Mississippi Drive Champlin, Mn 55316 Re: Site Plan Review; International Tooling Dear Dennis: We are in receipt of a Site Plan package consisting of (2) sheets prepared by Robert Baker, Architect, dated October 4, 1996. Sheet A2 is site plan and landscape plan and Sheet A3 is building elevations and floor plan. We are also in receipt of a one (1) sheet Grading Plan prepared by Ronald Swenson, Swenson Land Surveying, dated October 2, 1996. We offer the following comments: General: The site plan proposes to construct a 10,000 square foot office/manufacturing/warehouse facility on Lot t, Block 1, Ferrum Second Add/ton. Zoning: The site is zoned Business Warehouse for which office/warehouse is a permitted use. _Lot Coverage: The site is approximately 1 acres in size or 42,997 square feet. Lot coverage is restricted to 35% or 15,049 square feet; the proposed size of the building is 10,000 square feet. Utilities: The facility will be served by municipal utilities. Setbacks: The front yard setback in the Business Warehouse District is 40 feet. Staff recommends that this setback be applied to the south wall or the McKinley Street side of the structure. Except for the eastern 6 feet of the south wall, the structure maintans at least a 40 foot setback from the south property line. Because of the unique lot configuration and because 92% of the south wall is in compliance, Staff recommends that the site plan approve a 5 foot setback variance to the southeast corner of the building. The 35 foot rear yard setback is met on the Azurite Street side of the site plan and the structure location exceeds the 20 foot side yard setbacks. Landscaping: City Code requires a 20 foot green space along all public streets. It also requires that off-street parldng areas maintain a 20 foot setback from road right-of-way. The site plan indicates that this requirement is met along McKinley Street and Azurite Street. The site plan identifies the addition of 10 trees to the site and some shrubbery at the McKinley Street entrance and at the front entry to the building. We have found that for the most part, Black I4_.ills Spruce (Picea glauca 'densata" ) does not seem to perform particularly well in the conditions found here in Ramsey. You may want to substitute them with White Spruce (Picea glauca ); a non-cultivated variety. I I I I I I I I