Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/02/1996

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CASE #~, REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR AN EXPANSION TO ALLOY RECOVERY; CASE OF JON SCHWARTZMAN By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background~ Jon Schwartz~ an of Alloy Recovery Company at 7060 142nd Avenue N.W. has applied for site plan approval .for a 9,000 square foot expansion to the existing aluminum processing facility. The purpose of the ,addition to the principal structure is to get more of the site operations indoors. The following items are enclosed: a) b) c) iSite location map iSite plan and building elevations :City Staff review letter dated February 21, 1996 Notification: Site plans are rmt required to be subjected to a public hearing. However, there is also a conditional use permit am4~ndment request relating to this case and that does require a public hearing. The public hearing ~otice was mailed as far east as the Bury & Carlson site, north to the AEC site, west to Ramsey Blvtl. and south to Hwy. #10. ObservationS: AHoy Recovery is proposing an expansion to their building to get more of the site operations and storage indoo(& The proposed expansion meets City Code requirements for lot coverage, setbacks, and ~umber of off-sweet parking spaces. The site plan issued in i991 for the initial construction o4 the facility waived the 50% other than metal requirement for exterior f'mish. In accordance with the previously approved site plan, the lower half of the front wall of the expansion will have horizr~ntal vinyl siding and brick molding applied to it; the remaining walls will be ribbed metal panels. .. When the orig~al building was constructed in 1991, the City waived the requirement for curbing the perimeter ot~ bituminous behind the building but required that pavement be finished with B-612 curbing from tile front of the building to the street. To date, that curbing has not been installed. Staff is recornrfiending that the current site plan be modified to include curbing the perimeter of all bituminous fro~ the front of the building to the street. The site plan approved in 1991 also proposed to establish some plantings: 5 Spruce, 1 Maple and 2 Ash trees. Itidoesn't appear that those trees have been established on the site or if they were, they have not sflrvived. Staff visited the site on February 20 and it is apparent that even with the building expansion bringing more 6. f the site operations indoors, some substantial screening is necessary to screen outside operations from public view at 142nd, Ramsey Blvd. and Hwy. #10. Staff is 'recommending ~at the landscape plan from 1991 be voided and the applicant be required to submit a new plan thatwould address the need for screening on the south, east and west sides of the lot. City Code also requires at least 50% of the exterior facing finish on buildings to be other than metal. The existing building consists of ribbed metal panels and the applicant is proposing the same finish on the expansion area and the cold storage warehouse. The applicant has also declined to consider upgr~r ding the buildings with the use of tax increment funds.