Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 07/16/2018

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CITY OF RAMSEY LAND USE APPLICATION TECHNICAL REVIEW FILE DATE JULY 12, 2018 PROJECT. TITLE STERLING TROPHY EscRow # 116452 DEPARTMENT: TECHNICAL REVIEWER: PROJECT ADDRESS 6710 HIGHWAY 10 NW Community Development: Planning Division (Landscape Plan & Environmental Resources) Name: Chris Anderson, City- Planner Phone: 763-433-9817 Email: canderson@citvoframsev.com The proposed project is on the property located at 6710 Highway 10 NW and is currently owned by the City. The property is in the B-2 Highway Business District and the standards from City Code Section 117-115 are applicable. We offer the following comments regarding the Landscape Plan, prepared by Lampert Architects and dated June 28, 2018: Sheet L1: • One tree per fifty (50) lineal feet of site perimeter or one tree per 1,000 square feet of building footprint, whichever is greater, is required. One tree for every ten (10) parking stalls is also required. The site perimeter is approximately 936 feet and there are twelve (12) proposed parking stalls, requiring nineteen (19) total trees. An additional fourteen (14) trees must be added to the plan. • Existing trees remaining MAY qualify for credit toward landscaping requirements depending on the species. Please provide this information if credit is sought. • One shrub per thirty (30) lineal feet of site perimeter or one shrub per 300 square feet of building footprint, whichever is greater, is required. The site perimeter is approximately 936 feet, requiring thirty-one (31) shrubs. An additional nine (9) shrubs must be added to the plan. • Shrub size at time of installation shall be at least twenty-four (24) inches in height. Update Planting Schedule to reflect this minimum size requirement. • At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the trees shall be coniferous. Update Planting Schedule to include a sufficient number conifers. • Conifers shall be at least six (6) feet in height. • Signage is reviewed under separate sign application. Note that sign height is limited to twenty-five (25) feet and sign area is limited to 100 square feet. • Add Landscape Note specifying that all areas, including boulevards, not otherwise improved with impervious surfaces shall receive four (4) inches of topsoil meeting the Citv's topsoil specification. This includes boulevard areas between property boundaries and streets. Copies of the load tickets shall be provided to the City and a topsoil inspection shall be completed prior to installation of any landscaping. • Update the Tree Planting Detail to specify that the first set of primary roots shall be at finished grade.