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<br />~SEY <br /> <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW · Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 <br />City Hall: 763-427-1410 · Fax: 763-427-5543 <br />.www.ci.ramsey.mn.us . <br /> <br />July 26, 2007 , <br /> <br />Steve Schmitt <br />TSM Development, Inc. <br />222 Monroe Street <br />Anoka lvfN 55303 <br /> <br />Re: Preliminary Plat Review - Regency Pond 4th Addition <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Schmitt: <br /> <br />We are in receipt of a PrelimiT1~ry Plat and Site Plan Submittal for Reg~ncy Pond 4th Addition <br />prepared by James R. Hill, Inc. dated June 29, 2007. We offer the follo'wing comments: <br /> <br />General: The prelimiml1Y plat is proposing to replat Outlot A of Regency Pond along with 2 <br />residential unplatted lots on the comer of Bunker Lake Blvd and Ramsey Blvd.. The plat proposes <br />to create 4 new lots: one for a self-storage facility and three for 3 new commercial buildings,' Site <br />Plan review is being conducted on the seJi-storage facility only; the commercial buildings "will <br />require a separate site plan review at a future date. <br /> <br />Zoning: All 3 existing lots .are currently zoned E-I Employment. You are -requesting a rezoning <br />for the southern half of the site, to B-1 Business. In. 2005, theCity approved a Comprehensive <br />Plan Amendment request to change the land use designation on this portion of the, property from <br />Places to Work to Places to Shop. <br /> <br />The self-storage facility is a permitted use in fue E-l Employment District, and the commercial <br />retail buildings are permitted in the B-1 Business District. A rezoning of the remainder of Outlot <br />,A from E-1 to B-1 will be required as part of the site plan approval for fue commercial buildings. <br /> <br />Lot Sizes and Dimensions: E-l District standards were used to evaluate Lot 1, while B-1 <br />standards were used to evaluate Lots 2, 3, and 4. Lot 1 is approximately 2.7 acres in size, which <br />exceeds the I-acre minimum lot size requirement in the E-l district. Lot 1 has 472 feet of <br />frontage on Ramsey Blvd, meeting the 200-foot minimum lot width requirement. <br /> <br />The B-1 District requires a 0.5-acre minimum lot size, a lot width of 100 feet, and a lot depth of <br />150 feet. Lot 2 is 2.6 acres with a lot width of 240 feet and a lot depth of 290 feet. Lot 3 is 0.7 <br />acres 'with a lot with of 110 feet and a lot depth of 290 feet. Lot 4 is 1 acre jn size, 290 feet "Ij,de <br />(Bunker .Lake Blvd frontage) and 150 feet deep (Ramsey Blvd frontage). All four lots meet the <br />area and dimension requirements' in City Code. <br /> <br />