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Site Plan Review: Northern Airgas October 16, 1997 Page 2 of 4 Accessory Building: City Code restricts accessory buildings to 30% of the size of the principal building unless Council approves otherwise. The accessory building in this case is 39% of the area of the principal building. It is evident from the site plan that the accessory building is not intended to house a separate principal use on the property and staff therefore recommends approval of the size deviation. Utilities: The facility will be served by sanitary sewer and municipal water. It is staffs understanding that the facility will discharge an industrial effluent and therefore a permit from MCS is required. The applicant shall submit information on the discharge to the City including the water consumption anticipated and the quantity and quality of the effluent discharged to the City's sanitary sewer system. Setbacks: The proposed structure meets or exceeds the 40-foot front yard, 35-foot rear yard and 20-foot side yard setbacks established in the Industrial District. Landscaping and Screening: In accordance with City Code, a 20 foot wide green space is provided along Radium Street N.W. The site plan has also been drafted to provide the opportunity for a 20 foot wide green space along the south property line in the event McKinley Street is ever extended to the east. The landscape plan proposes the establishment of approximately 38 trees and 57 shrubs at various locations on the site. City Code states that loading docks should be on the rear wall of buildings. The intent is to not have loading dock activity visible from the public right-of-way. Because of the nature of this business, numerous truck ports are required on the principal building and on the accessory building. Staff is recommending to the Planning Commission and City Council that the site plan be approved with truck ports and loading areas as proposed provided that the tree screening along Radium and in the southeast corner of the site is intensified. Some berming in combination with tree screening in the southeast corner of the site would also be advisable. This may be particularly significant if the eastward extension of McKinley Street is ever realized. Installation of an irrigation system is required under the covenants of the Business Park 95 Addition and will protect the investment in landscaping. The proposed site plan provides for the 10% minimum green space area required under the Business Park 95 covenants. However, there doesn't appear to be any proposal to treat the areas on the southeast and north sides of the property. A proposal should be made to, at a minimum, restore disturbed areas after grading. , I