Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/10/1996 - Special Commission

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Review Letter ~ Site Plan - Van~ Bros. December 28, 1995 Page 2 of 2 Off Street Parkin~ - Number of Sr~aces: The applicant has indicated that the peak season staff consists of six !(1~) employees. 'l~he facility currently has 5 off-street parking spaces and an additional 12 ar~ proposed. The site plan is in compliance with Code requirements for number of off-street parki~g spaces. Off Street Parkihe and Drives - Desitin: City Code requires all driveways, off-street parking and travelled areas b~ a site to be surfaced with bituminous or concrete and finished with B-612 concrete curbing. The fee title owner failed to pave the driveway and existing off-street parking area under a previous development permit for an expansion. It is Staff's understanding that the new managers 0/f the site, Vance Brothers, will bring the site up to code with respect to paving. Although the sit~ plan does not identify curbing, Staff has received a verbal commitment from the Vance Brothers ~at curbing will be installed around the perimeter of all bimmlnous from the front of the buildlngslto Azuritc Street. No curbing is proposed around the perimeter of bituminous on the east side of the buildings. The City has previously waived the requirement for curbing to the rear of building4 in this heavy industrial district. Thc site plan will have to be modified to identify the amount of c~bing approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council. ~ A gading plan was prepared in December, 1992, for this property. The existing topography fall/several feet from the dirt roadway toward the east. Aside from the small knoll along the roadw~ty in front of the building, the remaining property is generally flat. Storm runoff generated by th~ paved access will need to be handled on site with detention ponds. The drainage plan calls for ~g roughly the northern 150 feet of the site northward to a shallow detention pond to be loca[ed '.m the northeastern corner of the property. This pond was to be constructed with the expan~jon in 1993, but was not. A second pond is proposed to be constructed in the southeastern coiner of the property to handle storm runoff from the remainder of the site. It is recommended ~at the north and south detention ponds be constructed to hold volumes of 4,900 cubic feet and ~,600 cubic feet respectively. This would provide sufficient holding capacity to drain a two inch[storm. Sufficient sized areas are available to accommodate three feet deep basins with these capa0i.'ties. Spoil from the ponding areas could be utilized to create landscaping berm areas around thd_. perimeter of the site or raise the proposed building pads as additional protection against flooding; ~ :~ City Code requires all waste storage areas to be 100% screened. The site plan identifies an ind _~or waste storage area which is in compliance with City Code. The Planning QOmmission will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 1996, at the Ramsey Municil~al Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., to review the proposed site plan. A copy of the case cove~ sheet is enclosed. You, or your representative, should be present at the meeting to answer any qqestions that may arise. If you have any t~tUestions, please call us at 427-1410. Respectfully, CITY OFRAMSEY Sylvia Frotik Zoning Administrator Steve Jankowsld City Engineer