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CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE; CASE OF ADOLFSON AND PETERSON, INC., REPRESENTED BY JOHN WEICHT AND ASSOCIATES By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: John Weicht and Associates have applied for site plan approval to construct a 5.250 square foot cold storage warehouse for Adolfson and Peterson on Lot 2, BLock 1, HY-10 Ramsey 2nd Addition. The property is zoned I-1 Industrial and is approximately 10 acres in size. All four walls of the structure are proposed to be 50% stucco. There is and will continue to be exterior storage on the property. City Code states that exterior storage is a permitted accessory use in the I-1 Industrial District if the storage area is surfaced to control dust. Adolfson and Peterson, Inc. is not proposing any improvements to the exterior storage area other than applying crushed granite to the approaches to the warehouse. City Code also requires accesses and off-street parking to be hardsurfaced and curbed. Adolfson and Peterson is not proposing any of these required improvements because of the nature of the use of the property, the fact that there will be no employees at the site on a regular basis, and that the property is proposed to access onto the future extension of Industry Avenue (the site is currently using a temporary access directly onto Armstrong Blvd.). City Code requires that screening be 5 feet tall. Because of the lack of facilities and personnel on the site to care for trees, the developers are proposing to plant seedlings along the north fence line. In their opinion, the seedlings would take a minimum amount of care and substantial ~owth can be realized by the time Industry Avenue is extended and improved past the property. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) c) d) Site location map Proposed revised site plan dated received by the City October 10, 1991. Architectural drawings City Staff review letter dated September 26, 1991 Proposed Development Permit Observations: On September 10, 1991, the City received an application from John Weicht and Associates and Adolfson Peterson for site plan review of a cold storage warehouse. On October 1, 1991, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the proposed site plan and recommended approval of same with the following conditions and terms: 1) That in addition to establishing some plantings along the north property line to screen the use from the future extension of Industry Avenue, screening also be established along Armstrong Blvd. N.W.; no minimum size requirements were placed on the screening. 2) That the applicant be required to pave a 50 foot long approach to Armstrong Blvd. N.W. 3) That the Development Permit be drafted to require that the accesses to the site be paved and curbed at the time Industry Avenue is extended and improved past the subject property. 4) No hardsurfacing requirements be placed on the exterior storage area.