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• • Twin City Fab, Inc. August 9, 2000 page 3 We note that the storage area is not delineated on the grading plan. The area would have a finished slope of approximately 10% according to the grading plan. This should be corrected on a final plan. The City Engineer's comments address these issues further. • Parking For light manufacturing, our code requires at least one parking spaces per 2000 sf of gross floor area or one space per employee, whichever is greater. Currently, TC Fab has 12 full time employees and 5 part time. The office area requires 3 spaces plus one space per 200 sf. For the purposes of calculating parking spaces, the ordinance requirement is to use 90% of the gross building area. The total requirement is 29 parking spaces. The plan shows 29, with an area provided for 9 more if additional employees are added. Even if 100% of the office area were used, it would add only one parking space, and the proof of parking accommodates that. The revised grading and utility plan submitted July 21 shows 28 parking stalls though the site plan shows 29. We consider the site plan as the accurate document on parking stalls. • Roads, Access, Circulation Passenger vehicles will use the parking in the front of the building. Trucks will proceed to the back of the building to the loading docks. Curb and gutter will surround the parking area. The applicant wishes to forego curbs around the back of the paved truck loading and drive area behind the building. The applicant has not presented a justification for this. The City Engineer recommends curb around the entire paved drive area. A shared driveway provides access to the site. The driveway will be shared by TC Fab and the Marmon Keystone site on the west. The driveway is consistent with the joint powers agreement with Anoka County that covers the number and type of accesses on Apollo Drive. A shared driveway agreement between the two sites will be necessary and staff is recommending that one be submitted for City review as a condition of approval. gross area 90% code requirement required spaces total footprint 19,200 sf office 2,040 sf 1836 3 plus one space per 200 sf 12 mfg/warehouse 17,160 sf 15,444 2000 4 17 one space per sf or one per employee TOTAL 29 The total requirement is 29 parking spaces. The plan shows 29, with an area provided for 9 more if additional employees are added. Even if 100% of the office area were used, it would add only one parking space, and the proof of parking accommodates that. The revised grading and utility plan submitted July 21 shows 28 parking stalls though the site plan shows 29. We consider the site plan as the accurate document on parking stalls. • Roads, Access, Circulation Passenger vehicles will use the parking in the front of the building. Trucks will proceed to the back of the building to the loading docks. Curb and gutter will surround the parking area. The applicant wishes to forego curbs around the back of the paved truck loading and drive area behind the building. The applicant has not presented a justification for this. The City Engineer recommends curb around the entire paved drive area. A shared driveway provides access to the site. The driveway will be shared by TC Fab and the Marmon Keystone site on the west. The driveway is consistent with the joint powers agreement with Anoka County that covers the number and type of accesses on Apollo Drive. A shared driveway agreement between the two sites will be necessary and staff is recommending that one be submitted for City review as a condition of approval.