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that the site location is not on a highly visible Town Center corridor such as Sunwood Drive or East and West Ramsey Parkways. The TC -3 District setback from street is 0 -15 feet; the proposed setback of the building varies from 15 -53 feet. However, a planned future expansion of the building would occur on the west wall facing Rhinestone Street and will bring the building into compliance with the 15 foot maximum setback. On June 7, 2007, the Board of Adjustment granted a variance to the maximum setback until that expansion occurs. In the interim, the site has been designed to use wrought iron fences, garden patios, entry canopies extended to the sidewalk, and landscaping to bring the hard edge of the site development out to the sidewalk. The site will derive public access from Rhinestone Street N.W. Rhinestone Street and Civic Center Drive were identified as City constructed improvements in the Ramsey Town Center street construction exhibit. Anoka County has adopted its Capital Improvement budget for architectural fees and land acquisition; their stated intention is to build in 2008. Based on that information, the City will order construction of Civic Center Drive and Rhinestone Street N.W. The site will have two standard accesses and one right -out only access on Rhinestone Street. The north and south access will accommodate two -way traffic to and from the site. There is one additional exit -only access onto Rhinestone Street from the garage. City Staff was originally concerned that this exit would conflict with the two -way accesses north and south of it. The sole purpose of this exit is to accommodate hearses leaving the garage area, which is not an activity of high frequency. Therefore, City Staff determined that a right -out only onto Rhinestone is acceptable in this case. The Town Center zoning district sets a maximum parking space standard of 4 per 1000 square feet of building for medical clinics and offices; which equates to 72 spaces in this case. Per staff s suggestion, an on -site parking area located at the south end of the building was removed from the site plan because of potential traffic conflicts with the southerly site access. The current site plan provides 3 on -site parking spaces, 10 on- street parking spaces, and 39 shared parking spaces, for a total of 52 parking spaces. Given the nature of this facility and the fact that 72 should be the maximum, the 52 spaces shown on the plans are determined to be adequate. The County will enter into a shared parking agreement with PSD, the developer. That agreement will address continuing parking needs for the medical facility. The park dedication and trail development fees were meant to be taken care as agreed to in the Town Center Park and Trail Agreement dated April 28, 2005. The Master Developer, RTC, LLC, is in default under that agreement. Staff will work with the developer and Anoka County to explore options on how this obligation can be met prior to final approvals for the project. A minor subdivision is also being processed along with the site plan request. The final plat will come before the City Council with the final site plan. Though no action is needed by the City Council on the sketch plan for the plat, a copy is included for your information. The Planning Commission had no comments on the sketch plan. —142—