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Mounds View Planning Commission January 3, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 3 Director Ericson reported that the building exterior would be constructed of brick or cut stone on the bottom half–story of the building and a wood-grained type of maintenance free siding on the top of the building. He indicated that staff would like to see the same type of exterior construction carried over to the side of the building facing County Road I as well, if not on all four sides. At a minimum, he explained, the frontages need to be dressed up. Addressing signage, Director Ericson said he had spoken with Mr. Mezzenga who indicated he would like to leave signage up to the tenants of the building. Director Ericson explained that he informed Mr. Mezzenga that due to the building being located in a predominately residential area, a monument type of sign would be preferred over a pylon type of sign. Director Ericson further stated that he had addressed all of the outstanding issues and site plan deficiencies with Mr. Mezzenga, and informed Mr. Mezzenga he would be required to amend the plans accordingly. Director Ericson summarized that the site plan needs to be revised to allow for a building setback of 30 feet from County Road I and ten feet from the west property line, that the parking lot needs to have perimeter curbing with breaks or cuts identified for drainage, that a van-accessible handicapped stall would need to be shown on the plan, and identification of building and parking lot lighting, if any. He indicated that the floor plans would need to identify the scale and show office square footage and room dimensions, and a computation of the total leaseable office area. In addition, he reported that a grading plan would need to be submitted if substantial grading is to occur or general elevations shown on the site plan with arrows to indicate the direction of stormwater runoff. Director Ericson restated that a landscaping plan showing the species, locations, and quantities of the plantings to be used would need to be submitted as well as a detailed description of any proposed signage if known at this point. Director Ericson apologized to residents for not being able to provide more notice of the meeting concerning this office building. He stated that this matter would be discussed at the January 17, 2001 meeting if residents were unable to attend this meeting. Vice Chairperson Stevenson requested the parking lot spaces be drawn to scale on the site plan map when it is brought back before the Planning Commission. Commissioner Miller inquired as to how many handicapped parking stalls were required for this building. Community Development Director Ericson indicated there is a ratio that starts with 1 to 25 and goes down after that. One handicapped accessible spot would be required for this building. Vice Chairperson Stevenson requested the Commission address the concerns raised at the meeting in September 2000 for foot traffic across the lot. Mr. Gustafson, the property owner, suggested using shrubbery or some type of landscaping to discourage foot traffic and force it down to County Road I. Vice Chairperson Stevenson inquired as to what the plan was to discourage foot traffic on the west side or Tom Thumb side of the property.