Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/06/1996

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CASE # I]~ REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF T. & G. LAND, INC. By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Tom Sauter of T & G Land, Inc. is requesting site plan review and approval to construct a 20,160 square foot office/warehouse facility on the north side of the Burlington Northern railroad tracks, south of Gateway North Industrial Park 2. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) Site location map Site plan City Staffreview letter dated August 1 1996 Notification: Site plans are not required to be subjected to public hear/ngs. In addition, the surrounding parcels are zoned Industrial and this development would have no peculiar impact on any adjacent industrial property. Therefore, no notice of the pending development to adjacent parcels was deemed necessary. Observations: Access to the site will be provided by the westerly extension of McKinley Street. The facility will be served by City sewer and water. The subject property currently consists of 10 acres and Mr. Sauter's future plans are to subdivide th, property into one commercial lot for his building and 3 ouflots for future development. The parcel on which his office/warehouse will be located is anticipated to be approximately 3 acres in size. Based on that, the proposed structure will be in conformance with the 35% lot coverage restriction established in City Code. The proposed project also meets City Code requirements for setbacks, architectural standards, landscaping, design and number of off-street parking spaces and driveway, lighting, and waste storage. The City Code requires loading docks to be located on the rear wall of the building. Mr. Sauter's building does have two overhead doors proposed to be located on the front wall of the building. These overhead doors Will not function as loading docks but will be used for truck access into the building, which Mr. Sauter indicates is crucial to his operation. The site plan proposes that these overhead doors will be color matched to the building wails and the office portion of the structure, which will be faced with exposed .aggregate, will protrude from the front wall to draw attention away from the overhead doors. City Code requires all off-street parking areas to be surfaced with concrete or bituminous. There is an off-street parking area for trucks and equipment that will be developed behind the building that is proposed to be surfaced with Class 5 and finished with B-612 concrete curbing. The. Council has previously waived the requirement for hardsurfacing in areas that will be exposed to the traffic of heavy equipment.