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REQUEST FOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF THE POND BUILDING IN !RAMsEy TOWN CENTER 3Rv ADDITION; CASE OF RAMDANCE, LLC By: Sylvia Frolik. Asst. Con, reunify Dev. Dir./HRA Executive Director Case # q Background: Ramdance, LLC has submitted a final site plan for approval of the fourth and final building in Phase 1 of the Ramsey Town Center 3fa Addition, Lot 1. The other structures previously approved for Phase 1 include the Cobqm's grocery store, the Comer retail building in the northeast corner of the site, and the :GateWay retail bUilding in the' northwest comer of the site. This fourth building backs up to the pond!adjacent to Armstrong Blvd., and will be referenced as the Pond Building. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) o) d) Site location map Proposed current and fUture site layout for the Pond Building dated 12-7-04 Proposed building elevatiOris (color exhibits will be provided at the meeting) City Staff RevieW Letter dated DeCember 29, 2004 Observations: The site is zoned TC-2 and retail uses are a permitted use. The Applicant is proposing to construct a 9,200 square foot multi-tenantirestaurant building. This is the fourth building to be constructed on Lot 1 and the applicants received a variance in August to develop the lot with more than one building. : The Pond Building includes a drive-up window. In accordance with City Code, the applicants have obtained a Conditional Use Permit fo? this feature of the project. The TC-2 District establishes a .5 floor area:ratio. Lot 1 is 391,410 square feet in area; the minimum floor area ratio is 195,705. At thC time of final site plan approval of Phase 1 (Coboms, Gateway, Corner), the total area of allibuildings was 95,430 square feet. The Pond Building has been increased from 8,000 square feeI to 9'.?200 square feet which brings the total building area up to 96,630 square feet. This is still deficient of the .5 floor area ratio requirement; however a variance was granted as part of the Phase 1 review process. The maximum front yard setback in the TC-2 district is 0-15 feet. The applicants received a variance to the fi'ont yard setback from the Board of Adjustment. The site grading was reviewed as part oflthe approval process for the previous 3 buildings. However, the restaurant building has been modified to include a drive-up window. This required revisions to the grading plans which were reviewed by the Engineering Department. A total of 445 parking spaces are required for 100,000 square feet of retail and 9,000 square feet of restaurant. The site plan identifies 489 parking spaces. December 7 revisions to the design of the drive-thru lane necessitated reducing the. number of parking spaces to 488 and additional modifications to the Grading and Drainage Plan.