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Motion Carried. Voting Tes' Chairperson Nixt. Commissioners Johnson. Brauer, Shepherd, and Watson. Vo[ing No: None. Absent: Commissioners Jet'hey and Van Scoy. Case#8: Request for Site Plan Review of T~wn Center 3~,i:Addkion, Coborn's Grocery; Case of Ramdance, LLC Community Development Director Frolik stated that the City.:received an application Ramdance LLC for a site p[an tbr approval for the development 0.4 a Coborn:'s ~ocep/store(bn oudot i of Ramsey Town Center, proposed to be replatted aS'Ramse~ Town Center 3 Corm-nunity Development Director Frolik explained the TC-2 district regulations estabtish floor area ratio. She explained that Lot 1 is 391,4kO:square feet re.area; the minimum floor a~iea . ~ iL: m,.:9o,,0/ square reel. As a ratio is [95.705; the total area of all buildinzs plarmed for Lot ~' "" ~ result, the plan is 102,499 square feet deficient of the .5'ra~J:o. :"i: Community. Development Director Fr0lik advised that a ~6tal:i~f ;,_8 ''~' parking spaces would be required for the uses ultimate y proposed for Lots 1 and. 2'; ~ site plan is showing 45I spaces. In addition, the loading docks are located on the southeast comer of the grocery store building, with a truck access from Zeolite.· She noted the plan includes a 12-foot hi:gh concrete wall to screen the loadin~ dock activity fr. om Public view. Community Development Di'?ector Frolik stated the. finding and utility plans have been reviewed by the Engineering Department and required modifications to the plans are listed in the Staff Community Development Director Frol'ik stated the Landscape Plan has been reviewed by City Staff and 14 [ trees and 320 sim.tbs must be planted in order to meet the landscape requirements fbr the entire block. She noted the plan submiRed includes [02 trees and 348 shrubs; the plan must be: modified to include an additional 39' trees. Community Development Director Fro[ik noted that the site plan submittal lacks a lighting plan and a waste storage area plan. Community Development Director Frolik stated the site plan for the groce~ store generally confbnns to the Town Center Development Guidelines. She advised that the architectural features, include diversity in texture, color, projections, r'ecesses, and height and the selected · materials: include EIFS integ-rally treated with color, brick veneer, split face CMU, precast concrete panels, smooth face ag~egate and pre-finished metal accents. She stated that some of these same materials will be used on the fael pump island and car wash to aesthetically blend in with the main store. She explained the guidelines recommend that 35% of ~ound level street [font facades be glass openings· The anaount of glazing on the north wall (Sunwood Dr/ye side), the east wall (Zeolite Street side), and west wall (Amastron. g Blvd.) is 21%, '7% and 2%, respectively. She stated the intent or' the glass opening guideline is to promote building desibms th.,at encore'age walking the sidewalks, and window shopping. However, a ~oce~ store, fuel amen/tv and pharmacy are destination shopping versus a window shopping experience. She reiterated that the guidelines encourage large scale retail to locate adjacent to the railroad, which is away fi'om ~;idewalks.. For these reasons, City Staff finds the reduced amount of glass Planning Commission/July 12. 2004 Page 11 of 15 37