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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952. 595.9837 planners @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Mayor and City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: July 3, 2003 RE: Little Canada — Drywall Supply PUD FILE NO: 758.09 - 03.14 Drywall Supply has submitted a revised site plan that shows how their PUD plan would be altered to accommodate the addition of the District 82 building on the northeast corner of the PUD property. The changes include a pond and berm along the south boundary of the site, a future building located south of the existing storage building of 17,920 square feet, and a reduction in the planned office expansion from the previous 4,500 square feet to a planned 2,400 square feet. The plan show the addition of curb around the entrance drive and parking area in front of the new office. Driveway surfacing is not listed, however, pavement and curbing (set back 5 feet from the property line) would be required by the Zoning Ordinance. The remainder of the site is labeled "Maintain Existing Surface ". Presuming that this is gravel, planning staff would recommend that only those areas to be approved for outdoor storage be gravel, if any. The Zoning Ordinance requires that all areas set aside for parking and circulation be paved, and surrounded by curb to control drainage and manage traffic circulation. The PUD Zoning is intended to permit flexibility in zoning regulations that increases the quality of site design and use of materials. Gravel surfaces would not typically meet this standard. With regard to the storage area, the PUD district was established in this area to allow limited amounts of outdoor storage onto the site following the City's decision to prohibit outdoor storage in the B -W District (the previous zoning designation). With the proposed layout, approximately one third of the Drywall Supply property would be devoted to outdoor storage, not including the area of the "Future Building ", an area for which no interim use is shown on these plans. It is also noted that while the applicant seeks to "maintain the existing surface ", outdoor storage in the I -P District would require