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NIQ UMVitIM A %SOCNAltiti) ce3H %1414!At4!$,, !RAC, 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 Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: May 7, 2001 RE: Little Canada - Biagini Office PUD Amendment FILE NO: 758.09 - 01.01 RAB, Inc. has applied for an amendment to the Planned Unit Development permit previously approved on the site at 2930 Country Drive. This building received a PUD approval one year ago, based on an office- warehouse design for 12,400 square feet of floor space. At that time, approximately 52% of the floor area was to be devoted to office use. Last fall, an amendment was granted to the CUP that changed the floor plan and would have permitted occupancy by Simon Delivers, a grocery delivery service. The amended plan showed a 13,700 square foot building, although a larger percentage of the building would have been occupied by storage or material handling. The Simon Delivers project is no longer an option, but the applicant wishes to revert to an office warehouse design utilizing the Simon Delivers building and site plan. Staff has indicated that no less than 50% of the building may be utilized for office space. The proposed plan is very similar to the Simon Delivers concept, with the exception that overhead doors have been removed from the south building exposure. Instead, the south exposure is composed of five office door accesses and windows. The north side of the building includes six overhead doors and one office entrance closest to Country Drive. Both the County Drive and Condit Street facades include windows and office doors along the front and rear building exposures. Other materials include "Nova" Brick, metal fascia and soffits, and asphalt shingles on the sloped roof. The site plan shows 67 parking spaces. If the building is finished at 50% office, 50% warehouse, the parking requirement would be estimated to be 43 parking stalls. As designed, the building would meet parking requirements even if devoted solely to office Page 36