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City of Ramsey <br />~--~~/ 15153N OWTHEN BOUL EVA RD N.W. RAMS EY, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />PHONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 <br /> TDD (612) 427-8591 <br /> <br />O~tober 9, i996 <br /> <br />Dennis Sharp <br />Sharp & Associates <br />12060 Mississippi Drive <br />C~amplin, Mn 55316 <br /> <br />Re: Site Plan Review; International Tooling <br />Dear Dermis:. <br /> <br /> We are in receipt of a Site Plan package consisting of (2) sheets prepared by Robert Baker, <br /> ArChitect, dated October 4, 1996. Sheet A2 is site plan and landscape plan and Shbet A3 is <br /> b~lding elevations and floor plan. We are also in receipt of a one (1) sheet Grading Plan prepared <br /> b~Ronald Swenson, Swenson Land Surveying, dated October 2, 1996. We offer the following <br /> comments: <br /> <br /> General: The site plan proposes to construct a I0,000 square foot office/manufacturing/warehouse <br /> facility on Lot 1, Block 1, Ferrum Second Add/ton. <br /> <br /> Zoning; The site is zoned Business Warehouse for which office/warehouse is a permitted use. <br /> <br /> ~t Coverage; The site is approximately 1 acres in size or 42,997 ~quare feet. Lot coverage is <br /> restricted to 35% or 15,049 square feet; the proposed size of the building is 10,000 square feet. <br /> <br /> .Utilities: The facility will be served by municipal utilities. <br /> <br />Setbacks: The front yard setback in the Business Warehouse District is 40 feet. Staff recommends <br />that this setback be applied to the south wall or the' McKinley Street side of the structure. Except <br />fo~ the eastern 6 feet of the south wall, the structure maintans at least a 40 foot setback from the <br />south property line. Because of the Unique lot configuration and because 92% of the south wall is <br />in iCompliance, Staff recommends that the site plan approve a 5 foot setback variance to the <br />sohtheast corner of the building. The 35 foot rear yard setback is met on the Azurite Street side of <br />th8 site plan and the structure location exceeds the 20 foot side yard'setbacks. <br /> <br />L~ndscauing: City Code requires a 20 foot green space along all'public streets. It also requires <br />that off-Street parking areas' maintain a 20 foot setback from road right-of-way. The site plan <br />indicates that this requirement is met along McKinley Street and Azurite Street. The site plan <br />idSntifies the add/don of 10 trees to the site and some shrubbery at the McKinley Street entrance <br />anti at the front entry to the building. <br /> <br />W~ have found that for the most part, Black I4_//ls Spruce (Picea glauca 'densata" ) does not seem <br />to perform particularly well in the conditions found here in Ramsey. You may want to substitute <br />them with White Spruce (Picea glauca ); a non-cultivated variety. <br /> <br />12... <br /> <br /> <br />