Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/16/2004 - Special Meeting

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Town Center 4th Addition - Site Pian/NAU June 11, 2004 Page 2 of 6 include boulevard trees and street lights within the sidewalk section. After review of the streetscape plans along Sunwood Drive by the City's Public Works department it was determined that 11 feet will be needed from; back of curb to the property line in order to allow for snow removal equipment to safely operate between the buildings and the boulevard trees. This results in a need for Sunwood Drive to include 92 feet of right of way, or a 2 foot drainage and utility, easement along the southern property line. There are two options to accommodate the additional 2 t'eet of fight-ot'-way needed. 1) Keep the building design as is, with the zero lot line setback and reduce the 60 foot right-of-way requirement along 145tl~ Avenue by 2 feet, resulting in a 58 foot right-of-way. 2) Reduce the building footprint by two feet. In ttzis case, the City would require a 2 [bot drainage and utility, easement along Sunwood Drive to provide for the needed maintenance space. It should be noted that in the event the applicant would like to proceed with a reduction in right-of-way along 145th Avenue, a variance will need to be processed. The preliminary plat will need to be revised to reflect the desired option. Grading, Drainage and Utility Plan: We have reviewed the plans submitted [br this development and offer the following comments. The project is part of Ramsey Town Center(RTC). The developer of RTC has created a master stormwater treatment plan for the area and is providing stormwater ponds for all properties in the development. Ei~ch individual developer is responsible for providing an on-site Best Management Practice (BMP) to complement the overall stmTnwater plan. This BMP must be approved by the city and can take the t'orm of a pre-treatment chamber, ie. Stormeeptor, Bay Saver,. vortex separator, etc., pprous pavement or other treatment measure. The parking lot grading must be revised in the area of the handicap parking stalls. Each accessible stall must have an adjacent access aisle, the ADA code allows ~br sharing an aisle between two stalls. One more access aisle must be added. The maximum grade across accessible stalls iS 2.0%. The cun'ent grades exceed this maximum. The adjacent streets are under construction at this time so establishing existing grades is a difficult process. The grading plan must show the proposed street grades per the approved construction plans and the proposed grades per the plan under review. Line weight and screening should be used to differentiate the existing from the proposed on the plans. The cun'ent plans are all the same intensity and difficult to interpret. The grading plan has a note stating sidewalk grades may be above building slab elevation. Positive drainage away from the building must be provide4 in all locations. Detail 'm,.ust be provided for areas where the outside grades are higher than the floor slab. ~ There is a storm sewer stub provided from Sunwood Drive. The plans for this development and the preliminary plans for Outlot A of this plat both show connection to this stub. Sunwood Di4ve will be concrete street so connection to the structure in the street will not be permitted after the street constructed. The storm sewer plan must anticipate comxection of storm sewer from Outlot A and a stub must be provided for this future connection. 3O