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PLANNING REPORT northwest associ8ted consultEnts, inc. z ti`s k 'fin 5 TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: 7 March 1988 RE: Gardner Bros. - Preliminary Plat and Planned Unit Development FILE NO: 758.09 - 87.70 Lti',o canada /..-_/ BACKGROUND Gardner Brothers has initiated an application for a preliminary plat and a conditional use planned unit development on its property at 455 County Road D. The property adjacent to the west was recently subdivided and sold. To the east is DeSoto Street and R -1, Single Family zoned property. The parcel in question is zoned I -P, Industrial Park. The property to the south is the location of the new Slumberland office /warehouse. The PUD in this case is being requested to allow the subdivision and development of three separate, but integrated buildings and uses. Exhibits illustrating the location (Exhibit A), the plat (Exhibit B), and the proposed development (Exhibit C) are attached. ANALYSIS The principal issue involved in this proposal will be the lack of direct frontage for Lot 2 and its subsequent development. The proposal shows a small office - warehouse facility to the south of the NSP easement. This lot would have legal street frontage on DeSoto Street, but would not be granted access to it, per previously stated City policy. The use of the PUD technique in this project allows a number of advantages. Building size (and thus valuation) is maximized, open space is retained, public main- tenance costs are minimized (by eliminating the need for a new public street to serve the rear building), parking facilities are used more efficiently, thus decreasing impermeable surface, and as a result, overall site runoff is reduced. 4601 excelsior blvd., ste. 410, minneapolis, mn 55416 (612) 925 -9420 Page 19