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Item # 6 City of Mounds View Planning Commi.ssion Report Meeting Date: Decembe� 19, 2001 Title: PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION, AND REVIEW OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE EDGEW��D MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITY EXPANSION; PLANNING CASE NOS DE01-005 & CU01-004 Introduction John Gannon of ATS&R is requesting approval of a develapment review and conditional use permit on behalf of Independent School District 621 for an expansion of Edgewood Middle School located at 5100 Edgewood Road. There are five (5} areas of building expansion as depicted on the first page of the packet submitted by the applicant. The improvements to the facility include new classrooms, an addition to the existing media center, an addition to the existing cafeteria, and an alteration to the parking lot. All together, the building expansion will include 15,669 square feet of new area. Development Review Setbacks The facility currently complies with the setback requirements established in the City Code. The additions to the facility would not encroach into any setback. Parkin According to the City Code, junior high schools are required to pzovide one (1} parking space per classroom and one (1) space for each 50 students. Given the number of classrooms {28) and number of students (approximately 600} at Edgewood, the site is required to provide 40 parking spaces. There are two parking lots on the Edgewood property. In the northern parking lot, which is being altered, there are currently 1Q1 parking spaces. The proposed site plan would eliminate twenty (23} spaces, leaving seventy-eight (78}. This number is still much greater than what is required, and does not include the spaces pzovided in the parking lot located to the east of the structure, which is approximately the same size as the northern parking lot. Access In addition to expanding the building, the applicant is proposing to alter the parking lot by adding a new access point to the property as shown on Page 2 of the packet. The new access point would be the northernmost driveway on the property and would be used for vehicular traffic only. The other two driveways along Edgewood Drive would be used by busses only. This new system would keep cars and busses separate, which is a much safez alternative.