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City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 ., (612) 427-1410 April 8, 1991 Mr. Daniel Karst 14050 Basalt Su'eet N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Mr. Karst: I have reviewed you site plan dated February 20, 1991 for the expansion of your industrial facility located at 14050 Basalt Street N.W. In addition, I have reviewed the four page conditional use permit application dated March 1991. I offer the following comments: I) General: Major site modifications include the expansion of your existing office and process building by approximately 5,800 square feet. This will increase your building space by approximately 75%. The second major modification includes the hard surfacing of a tractor and trailer parking area located north of your process and office building. The plan shows the area to be hard surfaced to be approximately 200' x 60'. 2) .Setbacks and Lot Coverage: The proposed building addition will reduce the front setback from Basalt Street N.W. to approximately 93 feet. A 40 foot front setback is required in this district. The building expansion will increase the coverage of structures over this 4.8 acre parcel to approximately 6%. This is well below the maximum allowable coverage of 35%. Site Improvements; The hard surfaced area proposed for the tractor and trailer parking area does not indicate any curb and gutter. It has been past policy to require curb and gutter on all hard surfaced areas. However, curb and gutter has been waived in instances where future expansion would require its removal. The petitioner has not indicated whether this parking area is planned to be expanded in the future. 3) Drainage: The addition to the office building will not increase drainage from the site, since the area is already paved. However, the area proposed for hard surfacing to provide tractor and trailer parking will add approximately 0.2 acres of impervious area to the site. The applicant has indicated his intention to drain this directly to the Basalt Street ditch. At the present time, I am unaware of any problems with drainage along Basalt Street. However, I would recommend that the proposed tractor and trailer paring area be ~aded such that it would have a 1/2% slope to the north. Should ponding be necessary in the future, such a pond could be constructed north of the parking area. 4) Access: Access to the site will remain unaltered as a result of the proposed modification. 5) Architectural Standards: The applicant has submitted no architectural plans for the proposed building expansion. However, he indicates in his C.U.P. application that the proposed addition would be constructed to resemble as closely as possible the existing concrete block building.