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Ramsey Municipal Center - Site Plan November 24, 2004 Page 2 of 7 anticipate a minimum and maximum setback for the front yard. For the TC-1 District, the minimum setback is zero and the maximum is 5 feet with at least 60% of the front fac, adc Within the maximum setback area. From review of the plan, it appears that only 33'% of the front fagade is within 5 feet of · the property line. Under the Town Center regulations, a variance will be required to allow for the current configuration. It should be noted that 60% of the fl'ont fa,cade is located within 18 feet of the property line. There are several factors that may mitigate the effect of the larger setback that should be considered during the variance discussion. One is the creation of the public plaza at the front entrance along Sunwood Drive. These types of spaces are encouraged as part of the Town Center Dev&opment Guidelines. The second factor regards the placement of the building. In order to make the building architecturally interesting, the Municipal Center will be curved and not have a long fiat, monolithic wail along Sunwood Drive. [n addition, where the building is pulled back on Sunwood Drive, raised landscaped areas will be brought up to the lot line that will to some extent feel like an extension of the building. The TCTAC has reviewed the layout of the building and is supportive of a variance to allow ~br the bt}ilding to be pulled back as shown. The group believes that pull-back of the buildings provides tbr some visual relief while still engaging the. pedestrian and the design works well for the use of the building. Utilities: The facility will be stowed by municiPal sewer and water facilities. Staff has reviewed the preliminary utility plans submitted for the project and have the following comments: · The Catch basin west of the parking lot must be moved outside of the proposed path. · The proposed storm sewer pipes appear to be undersized for the proposed drainage area. Please submit pipe Sizing calculations. · Show the connection for landscape irrigation. A stub. is .provided from Sunwood Drive for this purpose. Further review of the pl. ans will need to occur as part of the final site plan review process. Landscaping: City Code requires one (1) tree per every, fifty (50) lineal feet of site perimeter or 1,000 square feet of building coverage, whichever is greater, be planted throughout the site. A portion of these trees should be installed along the public road frontage at a spacing no greater than thirty-five (35) feet on center. City Code also requires that no less than 25% of the trees planted be deciduous and no less than 25% coniferous. Furthermore, City Code requires that no more than 25% of the trees planted consist of ornamental trees. Parking lot landscaping is als0 required, at a rate of' one (1) tree per every ten (10) parking stalls. In addition to the tree requirements, Ci~ Code also states that one (1) shrub per every thirty (30) lineal (eet of site perimeter or 300 square feet of building coverage, whichever is greater, be planted. The proposed building fbotprint is 49,129 square feet and there are roughly seventy (70) proposed parking :stalls, which equates to a minimum of fifty-si_x (56) trees (seven [7] specifically in ancL/or around the parking areas) and 164 shrubs neednig to be installed'. The boulevard trees are a required component ,-)~' the m'eetscape and thus do not count toward the required plantings d~owever, they do ~:msrv .... i:ne ,-,, 10iic ~'~;:tci .,"i'oimt~e piantii,,g t'ecluirements, t.