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City of Mounds View Planning Commission Report Item # 7 Meet.ing Dc�te: Novembe� 7, 2001 Title: DISCUSSIQN REGARDING A REVISED SITE PLAN FOR THE OFFICE BUII.,DING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 7664 GREENFIELD AVENUE, REAPPROVAL REQUESTED BY TONY MEZZENGA (PLAIVNING CASE DE00-002} Introduction: This item was discussed at the October 17th meeting of the Planning Commission. To summarize the development, upon seeking an access pernut from Ramsey County for the driveway onto County Road I, Mr. Mezzenga was told the driveway could not be located where the plans indicated due to the presence of an LP4 Manhole Curb Box Inlet. The County has denied a11 requests to relocate or reconstruct the stormsewer. It was proposed that perhaps the stormsewer could be located in an island of the drive aisle, with a lane of traffic on either side. After some engineering review and feedback from the County, this option has been determined to be unworkable due to the separation needed from either side of the catch basin and the potential confusion which may arise from the drive aisles separated by as much as 21 feet. As a resutt, the applicant has had the site plan redrawn to show the access onto Greenfield Avenue and the parking lot reoriented so that there would not be any loss of parking stalls. The re�vised site plan, date stamped Oct 29, 2001, is included for your reference. Discussion: Ths problem with this solution is that the Commission had i�dicated a reluctance to have the access on Greenfield. As I remarked at the last meeting, I reviewed the minutes from the previous meetings and found little documentation with regard to the location of the access. That is not surprising, however, because it was always planned that the driveway would access County Road I. It should be noted that there were concerns raised at the meetings about the sa£ety of takuzg access directly onto County Road I, the City's second most traveled roadway, and also because of how close the access would be to the Tom Thumb access. From an access management point of view, relocating the driveway onto Greenfield Avenue would be safer and would be the recommendation of Ra�nsey County. The amount of projected vehicle trips generated from this development would be minimal and as such would have little impact upon the neighborhood Recommendation: Review and discuss the amended site plan. Tf found acceptable, given the circumstances, staff has drafted Resolution 679 which recommends approval of the revised site plan. t �� .� James Ericson, Community Development Director N:\DA7AIGROUPS\COMDEV1Development Cases1De00-002 (Meuenga)1Mezzenga Report - Oct 17, 2001.doc