Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/02/1996

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City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 TDD (612) 427-8591 March 29, 1996 Bruce Mans Corporate P, eal Estate 750 South Plaza Drive, #201 Mendota Heights, Mn 55120 Re: Site Plan Review; Copper Sales We are in receipt of a Site Plan package consisting of (5) sheets: Site Plan, Floor Plan, and Building Elevations prepared by Bernard Herman Architects, Inc. dated January 15, 1996; Landscape Plan prepared by the City of Ramsey dated January 13, 1996; and Grading and Drainage Plan prepared by Media & Associates dated January 15, 1996. The plan proposes to construct a 30,400 square foot office/warehouse facility in Business Park 95 2nd Addition, on the south side of McKinley Street. We offer the following comments: ~ The site is zoned Industrial for which warehousing is a permitted use. The lot is also subject to the Declaration of Covenants for Business Park 95 and the Site Plan will have to be reviewed by the Architectural Review Board. Lot Cgyerage; The site is approximately 5 acres in size or 217,000 square feet City Code and the Covenants restricts build/ng coverage to 35% of the lot area or 75,950 square feet. The proposed size of the building is 30,400 square feet and the site plan identifies a 15,200 square foot future expansion. An ultimate su"ucture area of 45,600 square feet is in compliance with City Code and the Covenants for lot coverage. .I .mpervigus Surface: The Covenants restricts the aggregate impervious surface (buildings and pavement) of the lot to 85% of the lot area or 184,450 square feet. The area of the building and paved surfaces totals approximately 72,000 square feet, which is equal to 39% of the lot. The impervious sm-face proposed is in compliance with the Covenants. Utilities: The facil/ty will be served by municipal utilities. Setbacks: The structure location meets or exceeds setbacks from McKinley Street and property lines. .Ou,ts~de Storage/Size and Treatment: City Code allows for outside storage in the Industrial District and the Covenants establishes that all outside storage must be screened from streets and/or front yards of adjoining lots by a visual barrier. It appears that the storage yard will be fenced, but the site plan does not indicate whether the type of fencing proposed is security or screening purposes. However, a substantial tree screening plan is proposed along the south, north and east property lines which will serve to screen the 8,000 square foot storage yard yard and its future expansion appropriately. If the future addition to the building is constructed north of the storage yard as proposed, it will provide, it will be a substantial screening barrier to the original outside storage yard.