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Screening and Landscaping: City Code requires that all materials and equipment stored outside a building in the Industrial District be screened from the public street. The screening is required to be 5 feet tall. Code also requires that a landscaped area be provided along all streets. The proposed location of the building on the lot is currently being used as a supply yard and is fenced. The developer is proposing to plant 120 seedlings along the north fence line which is planned to someday abut the extension of Industry Avenue. The developer has not proposed any plantings on the east fence line which faces Armstrong Blvd. because the fenced in storage area is set back approximately 700 feet from Armstrong Blvd. For that same reason, the developer is not proposing a landscaped area along Armstrong Blvd. Off-Street Parking: City Code requires accesses and off-street parking to be curbed and surfaced with blacktop and concrete. Because of the nature of the use and the fact that there will be no employees at the site on a regular basis, the developer is not proposing any curbing or hard-surfacing of the access and travelled areas of the lot. If the Commission grants a variance to the hardsurfaced accesses, then the developer should be required to bring the accesses into compliance with City Code at the time Industry Avenue is extended and improved along the north boundary of the subject property. o Exterior Storage: Outdoor storage is permitted as an accessory use in the I-1 Industrial District provided the storage area is surfaced to control dust. The developer is proposing to surface the approaches to the warehouse with crushed granite and retain grass on the remainder of the storage area for dust control. If it is determined that grass does not meet the intent of Code, then a time frame should be established to bring the surfacing of the storage area into compliance. 8. Lighting: The site plan did not indicate fflighting is proposed. Drainage: The topography is essentially fiat with a very slight grade of approximately one- half percent toward Armstrong Blvd. to the east. The proposed building is approximately 1,000 feet from the fight-of-way of Armstrong Blvd. There will be essentially no increase in mn-off from this site due to the construction of this building. The Planning and Zoning Commission will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 1991 to consider the request for site plan review. I strongly suggest that you, or your representative, be present at the meeting to answer any questions that may arise. If you have any questions, please feel free to call at 427-1410. CITY OF RAMSEY Sylv/a Frolik Steve Jankowski Zoning Administrator City Engineer