09/13/2023 P&Z Combined Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

H:\TOMASCOM_PR\0T7129812\5_Permits\City\3_Tomas Companies Outdoor Storage Stormwater Narrative_City of Lino Lakes.docx August 14, 2023 M. Grochala, Community Development Director; and K. Larsen, City Planner City of Lino Lakes, MN 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 RE: Tomas Companies, Inc./Glamos Wire, Inc. Open and Outdoor Storage Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review 2300 Main St., Lino Lakes, MN 55038 BMI Project No.: 0T7129812 Dear Mr. Grochala and Ms. Larsen: Tomas Companies/Glamos Wire has applied to the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) for an after- the-fact permit (#22-097) to establish an outdoor storage space at their factory site in Lino Lakes. Figure 1 shows the project parcel in Lino Lakes at the southeast corner of Main Street and Otter Lake Road. Glamos Wire, now, is applying to the City of Lino Lakes to amend their existing Conditional Use Permit approved by the City Council on July 12, 2021 (Res. No. 21-69) and to review the Site Plan for their proposed outdoor storage area expansion. The proposal expands Glamos Wire’s outdoor storage area, as shown in the attached plans. In 2021, Glamos Wire was approved for a conditional use permit to develop the land south of the primary structure with areas for truck maneuvering, and open and outdoor storage. Since those approvals, grading work was done to level a soil stockpile to construct a supplemental outdoor storage area for pallets of products (wire stems for tomato plants). This soil stockpile, shown in Figure 2, existed on the site since the construction of the original building on the parcel. This supplemental storage area is currently unpaved and incompliant with the standards of the City Code and the rules of the RCWD. The proposed project seeks to bring the property and uses incompliance with all City and RCWD standards while also addressing the present and future growth of the business and its storage needs for products. This project includes grading, bituminous paving, curb and gutter, connection to existing storm sewer, lighting, landscaping, and stormwater management/treatment. City land use requirements for outdoor storage areas call for pavement, curb and gutter, lights, fencing and associated features. These requirements are met, as demonstrated in the attachments to this application. As designed, the proposed expansion of the outdoor storage area meets the standards outlined in the Code of the City of Lino Lakes, § 1007.121 of: GI, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; (9) Conditional Use: Attachment 2: Applicant Narrative