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CASE # REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL, ► ; CASE OF ANOKA ELECTRIC CO 'BRAT E By; Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Anoka Electric Cooperative (AEC) has applied for site plan approval of AEC's new operations P center to be developed on Lot 1, Block 1 of the propos d plat=:of AEC Energy Park. The following items are enclosed for your information:. a) Site location map b) Site Plan, Grading Plan, Land.s►cape Pli, Building Elevations c) City Staff Review Letter datedJuly 24 i 995 d) Proposed site plan development .permit. Notification: Site plans are not required to be subjected to pubic hugs.This commercial development does not present any peculiar impact to adjacent cotpmerciali propotties, therefore only the Anoka County Highway Department was provided with copies_ of the site plan for comment, Observations: The site is zoned Business Warehouse and is .37.5 :acres in size. The proposed structure is 185,000 square feet in size, which is in compliance *ith.thO 35% lot coverage restriction. The facility willbe served by municipal utilities and will hare . access onto. County Roads #56 and #116 and Sunwood Drive to the south. The stru utuie wH . mee all required setbacks from County Roads #56 and #116. The exterior facing -;finish on the Structure is proposed .to be pre -cast concrete panels of red quartz aggregate. The height restriction in. the Business Warehouse District is 35 feet and the most southwesterly portion .of the -strctare Is proposed at 3637 feet. City Staff and the Planning Commission recommend thatthe development agreeinent grant such a variance. There is approximately 71,500 square feet of outside storage and 900 square feet of partially enclosed storage area proposed on the site, which ms co plmance with the 10% of parcel size restriction established in City Code. All of these -reas.:are proposed to be surfaced with • bituminous except for the pole storage area. Due the type-�of equipment that will be utilized in the pole storage area, the Planning Commission had recommended waiving the bituminous requirement m this area ............... ...... City Code does require a 20 foot wide lands yacent to public roads and that has been provided. The outside storage areas must' also has sr a `� from the .public right of way and other than some existing deciduous tres, no screening b�n propo l:adjacent to County Road #56. The Planning Commission recommended. the i i ist4lati n of nifemus•• trees in this area* It also doesn't appear that the landscaped berm off the=.souheas . corner: -of the structure extends a sufficient distance to screen the pole storage aria f om.the park area to=the east. ;r drainage plan has been submitted writcic In _ :concept, . however, details of detention pond and runoff calculations must be subniitt to fh' Lower Rum River. Water' Management Organization for approval.