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<br />Item No: 5A <br />Meeting Date: July 16, 2014 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Development Review of a new building for BioLife <br />Plasma Services, on north side of County Road 10, <br />west of W oodale; Planning Case DE2014-001 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />BioLIfe Plasma Services has been located in Mounds View for several years and is currently <br />leasing space at 2222 Woodale Drive, in the Mounds View Business Park. They now want <br />their own building and have a purchase agreement to buy the vacant land on the east side of <br />the Mounds View Motors car dealership on County Road 10. Multi-Tech is the owner of the <br />vacant land. Build to Suit, Inc. is the developer for this site and is requesting a development <br />review for a new 16,692 square foot building to be built on the south side of the site, fronting <br />County Road 10. They will be creating two lots from the land they are purchasing and will <br />sell the north lot in the future. A major subdivision application will be submitted in the coming <br />weeks. A new building will allow the company to continue its success in Mounds View and <br />the north metro. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />The land to be developed is 3.68 acres and zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development. It <br />should be noted that the property is zoned PUD, but this is not a planned unit development <br />project. It does not qualify as a PUD because the land area is less than the required five <br />acres for a commercial PUD, but it will remain zoned PUD. The additional 2.78 acres will be <br />left vacant and sold in the future. BioLife is a plasma collection facility and the building will <br />essentially be a medical clinic. They have numerous locations around the United States and <br />currently have five locations in Minnesota. BioLife has been in Mounds View since 2004 and <br />currently has about 40 full-time employees and 72 customer donation beds. <br /> <br />Building Design & Materials <br />This new construction will be a single story commercial building. The exterior will be brick <br />and limestone on all four sides with glass and aluminum architectural accents on the roof. <br />The main entrance will face County Road 10 <br /> <br />Parking <br />According to the City’s parking code requirements, a medical clinic this size would be <br />required to provide a minimum of 150 spaces and the site plan shows 169 spaces. BioLife is <br />aware of their higher parking needs and is ensuring that there are enough spaces for their <br />employees and customers.