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CASE # ~-~ Background: REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; CASE OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik School District No. 11 is requesting site plan approval to construct a 65,000 square foot addition to the Ramsey Ele~nentary School located at 15000 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. The School District has acquired the twq adjacent parcels to the south to accommodate the expansion. The expansion will also include sorrte rework of the outdoor playground and ball.fields. The following it6ms are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) Site location map Site Survey FlOor Plan cO?ginal Site Plan ~y Staff Review Letter dated 11/29/94 Pl~ming Commission meeting minutes dated December 6, 1994 Re)vised Site Plan Al.2 dated received on 12/29/94 Observations: The 3 parcels involved in the development are zoned R-1 Rural Residential and B-2 Business, for which schools are ~not a permitted use. A rezoning to R-3 Urban Residential has been initiated to permit the expansion of the facility. The proposed expansion meets lot coverage, setback, and architectural requirements for the R-3 Residential District. City sewer and water will be extended to the site to serve the expanded facility. The expansion will:;include the addition of a 100 space parking lot and extension of the bus drop off area. In accordance with the recommendations of the Anoka County Highway Department, the bus exit has been ~edesigned to intersect Nowthen Blvd. at a right angle. In doing so, the applicants also rede~gned the existing bus entrance and parking lot entrance on the north end of the property into a pair of entrances that intersect Nowthen Blvd. at right angles also. The modification of the ~orth access from one point to a pair of access points has been approved by the Anoka County High~vay Department. In accordance with tile recommendations of the Planning Commission, the applicant redesigned the new south parking 10t to make it more user friendly as a parent drop off site and create more opportunity for a dee~er buffer area between what was originally proposed to be the ballfields and the neighbors to the ~uth. As a result of comma, nts submitted at the Planning Commission public hearing in December, the applicant and the architect met with neighboring property owners and representatives of local youth athletic organizations On December 19 to review possible modifications to the original site plan. As a result of that meetiqg, the applicant has relocated the ballfields from the south side to the west side of the school, putting more distance between the ballfields and the neighbors to the south.