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owarc April 4, 2003 File: 820660J -0240 R. Gree Corr-pa Honorable Chair and Planning Commission City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road East Little Canada, MN 55117 -1633 RE: ALDI FOOD MARKET CITY OF LITTLE CANADA Dear Planning Commission Members: y As requested, we have reviewed the submittal package for the proposed Aldi Food Market site located on Rice Street just north of Arby's restaurant. The submittal documents were prepared by Carly Torgersen, Inc., OPN Architects, Inc., and Schoell and Madson, Inc. Based upon our review of the submitted plan and drainage calculations, we would offer the following comments: 1. Ramsey County should be contacted to determine if additional right -of -way is needed along Rice Street. 2. The drainage and utility easements on the front and back of the lot should be 10 feet wide. The side lot easement required width is five feet. 3. The maximum driveway width allowed by City ordinance is 24 feet. While both driveways exceed this, the southernmost driveway is already being used by the Arby's restaurant. Therefore, it is our opinion that the south driveway remain at its current width and the north driveway be narrowed to 24 feet. 4. Per City ordinance the minimum parking stall depth is 20 feet; minimum width is 8 '/2 feet. The drive aisles could be narrowed to 24 feet. 5. The current parking layout indicates 133 stalls. This number of stalls would require a minimum of five handicap accessible parking stalls. In addition, a minimum of one stall must be van accessible. The City planner should comment on the number of stalls satisfying the number required for the building use and size. 6. The maximum grade allowed across the handicap stalls is 12 to 1, horizontal to vertical. As shown, it appears the grades are steeper than this. In addition, greater detail should be shown as to the access to the 5 -foot sidewalk to the handicap stalls. 7. The Rice Street ditch just north of the southernmost driveway should be filled to provide an urban boulevard and the driveway culvert removed. 8. A catch basin should be added to the southwest corner of the parking lot or the curb should be noted as "gutter out ". In addition, top of curbs should be at all radius points to better define drainage patterns through the parking lot. 9. All parking lot drainage should be directed to the pond prior to discharge from the site, This may require additional catch basins being added. Ltr- 040403 - Planning Commission 1326 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, MN 55108 • 651/644 -4389 fax 651/644 -9446 toll free 888/368 -4389