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Item No: 5A Meeting Date: December 19, 2007 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Development Review for Midwest Motor Express building expansion; Planning Case DE2007-003 Introduction: Applicant and property owner Midwest Motor Express is requesting a development review for a proposed 4,840 square foot building addition to be added onto the west side of the existing building at 2169 Mustang Drive. Midwest Motor Express is a transportation service company that has about 80 employees. This expansion would increase the building size by approximately 25 percent. Midwest Motor Express has been located in Mounds View since 1994 and is a successful company. This expansion would help the company continue to be competitive in their market. They provide direct trucking services to 13 states in the Midwest and western United States. Midwest Motor Express came before the Planning Commission in June 2006 with plans for a 10,000 foot expansion to the north end of their building. They decided not to move forward with this addition and has now decided to add on to the side of the building instead. By adding to the side of the building rather than the rear, they will not need to expand the asphalt parking area. This way they are not adding more impervious surface area to the property. Discussion: The Midwest Motor Express property is zoned Industrial with motor freight terminals being allowed as a conditional use. The building was constructed in 1974 as a trucking terminal, and was expanded once in 1994 by 3,500 square feet along with surfacing approximately 90,000 square feet. The property is just over eight acres in size and the Comprehensive Plan designates the current and future land use specifically as “heavy industrial.” This designation is not proposed to change with the new Comp Plan update. The main building is currently 19,154 square feet and the site also includes a separate 3-bay repair garage near the western property line. Midwest Motor Express would like to add a 22’ x 220’ addition onto the west side of their building. This building addition would be an expanded warehouse space to help with staging and dock operations. They are not expanding the building in anticipation of additional business, but want to be able to perform their dock operations in a more efficient and productive manner. They do not anticipate additional truck traffic after the expansion. Parking: According to the City’s parking code requirements, this facility would be required to provide parking according to the following schedule: At least eight spaces plus one space for each two employees on each shift based on maximum planned employment; or, at a minimum, at least eight spaces plus one space for each five hundred square feet of floor space.