Agenda - Planning Commission - 12/05/1995

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Site Plan Review Letter Automated E.D.M. November 29, 1995 Page 2 of 3 Off Street Parking - Design: In accordance with City Code, ail driveways, off-street parking, loading and maneuvering areas are to be surfaced with bituminous or concrete and finished with B- 612 concrete curbing. The site plan needs to be modified to clearly identify compliance with this requirement. OffStreet Parking - Spaces Required: City Code requires 1 parking space for each employee on the maximum working shift, or in this case, 20. Thirty parking spaces are proposed with an additional area reserved to expand the parking area by 15 spaces. Access: The site is proposed to have one access from McKinley Street and one from Uranium Street. The City will need to extend McKinley Street in 1996 to accommodate this access. Drainage and Grading: The proposed site plan creates approximately 35,000 square feet of impervious area including the building and pavement areas. The natural topography slopes generally from northwest to southeast. A small portion of the Uranium Street driveway will drain to the storm sewer system located in Uranium Street which discharges into a regional pond. The remainder of the site drains overland to a small retention pond which would be constucted on the southeast comer of this property. The size of the pond proposed contains enough capacity to hold a 1.5 inch rainfall prior to it overflowing onto adjacent City owned property to the east. This plan is adequate for interium use. As McKinley Street is extended westward, additional ponding capacity will be required to handle runoff from the roadway and future development. This stormwater system will ultimately discharge into Anoka's l. ndustr/al Park stormwater system and provisions for tiffs have been initiated with Anoka. Loading Docks: Section 9.03.06 of the City Code requires loading docks to be located on the rear side of the building. In this case, the loading dock cannot be situated on the rear side of the building and still accommodate a future expansion of the facility. For that reason and because of the screening of Red Pines proposed at the McKinley Street entrance, Staff will be recommending approval of the loading dock location as proposed. Lighting Plan: The site plan indicates wall mounted light packs on the west and south walls of the building. These lights shall deflect away from Uranium Street and McKinley Street. /~g~!: The site plan indicates the placement of a sign at the comer of McKinley and Uranium. A sign permit from the City is required prior to erection of the sign. It is Staff's recommendation that the identificatio~ sign also recognize 'Ramsey' as the company location. The sign is restricted to 100 square feet. Covenan,~;. Ail aspects of the site plan are in compliance with the Business Park 95 Covenants. The Planning Commission will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 1995, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., to review the proposed site plan. A copy of the case cover sheet is enclosed. You, or your representative, should be present at the meeting to answer any questions that may arise. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I