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glass front, and a pre-finished metal canopy. The proposed glass is a deviation from City Code <br />and will require City Council approval. The landscaping plan is acceptable. The facility will be <br />served by municipal sewer and water. A lighting plan will need to be submitted and is subject to <br />the City Engineers approval. City staff is recommending site plan approval contingent upon <br />compliance with City Staff review letter dated July 6, 2001. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt inquired if the applicant had any issues with the City staff review letter. <br /> <br />Kelly Swiegart, Sharp and Associates, replied that they did not have any issues in regards to the <br />City staff review letter other than noting that the original proposal was for painted exterior block, <br />but they are considering integrally treated block. <br /> <br />Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Kociscak, to recommend that <br />City Council approve the proposed site plan for RJM Enterprises contingent upon compliance <br />with City staff review letter dated July 6, 2001 and resolving the off-street parking issue. <br /> <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Kociscak, Reeve, <br />Sweet, Watson. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Case #6: <br /> <br />Request for Sketch Plan Review of Peter Kociscak Property; Case of Bright <br />Keys Building and Development Corporation <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated Dale Runkle of Brightkeys Building and Development <br />Corporation has applied for sketch plan approval to develop 44.16 acres north of Anoka County <br />Highway 116 and west of Ramsey Blvd. Bright Keys is planning on developing 268 townhouse <br />units and 7 single family lots. The property is currently zoned I, Industrial. The applicant will <br />be asking for a rezoning of the property to Planned Unit Development (PUD) at the time of <br />preliminary plat review. The March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan shows this area as being <br />Medium Density and Low Density Residential. The property contains 44.16 acres with 5.3 of <br />these acres classified as wetlands. The sketch plan shows a gross density of 6.25 units per acre. <br />When the wetlands are factored out, the net density for the whole development is 7.11 units per <br />acre. The proposed density exceeds the maximum density of 7 units per acre that the draft <br />Comprehensive Plan calls out for medium density residential areas. In addition, the draft <br />Comprehensive Plan show approximately 16.28 acres of the development property as being <br />designated as low density residential. Under the draft Comprehensive Plan, approximately 227 <br />units (244 with a P.U.D.) would be allowed on the property. Brightkeys is under the density <br />allowed in the proposed Medium Density area, but well over the density allowed in the Low <br />Density area. Staff recommends that the developer redraw the sketch plan to conform to the <br />densities described in the March 2001 Draft Comprehensive Plan. The proposed townhouse <br />units are adjacent to the 2.5 acre lots in the Pineview Estates 2~d Addition. The proposed single- <br />family lots are approximately 14,000 sq. ft ( .32 acres) and are on the south side of 149th Ave. <br />Staff needs clarification on the status of the large lot in the northeast part of the property shown <br />in the sketch plan. The applicant has indicated that this area is an exception to the plat, but City <br />records do not show it as a separate lot. The development proposes three access points onto the <br /> <br />Planning Commission/July 12, 2001 <br /> Page 8 of 23 <br /> <br /> <br />