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MEMORANDUM DATE: 08/12/02 MEETING DATE: 08/20/02 TO: Chair Melsha & Planning Commission Members FROM: Susan M.H. Hall, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: Business Data Record Services Expansion Background: City staff has met twice with President Mark Cloutier of Business Data Record Services and their contractor Mark Murlowski of Belair Excavating regarding their plans for demolition and expansion at 3015 37'h Avenue Northeast. At this point, they would like to bring their plans forward for informal review and discussion to get feedback on their preliminary site plan. They hope. to bring final plans to the September 17 Planning Commission meeting. They anticipate construction beginning Fall 2002 or Spring 2003. Their plans call for demolition of four existing buildings and construction of a new 40,000 s.f. building. Although not marked on the preliminary site plan, the applicants may need a variance as they have mentioned a building height of 43-44 feet. Maximum building height in a Light Industrial zoning district is 35,feet. A good example of what this will look like is Business Data Record Services, which was recently constructed at 200 Old Highway 8 in New Brighton. That building stands 42 feet in height. Mr. Cloutier stated his electronic storage business is growing and hence the need for more space. The city engineer has asked that drainage be addressed so that the runoff from the site goes to a water retention pond. A new retention pond is shown on the preliminary site plan. Parking is adequate at the site, per city code, because this is a warehousing facility which requires the facility must have at least one space per employee on the largest shift plus one parking space per company vehicle. There are 40 parking stalls shown on the site plan, which will be enough spots for employees per Mr. Cloutier. Although the setbacks are not clearly marked on the preliminary plan, the applicants have discussed the need for a variance for setbacks for the front yard (County Road D) and the side yard (Macalester Drive). The zoning ordinance states the front yard must have a depth equal to the greater of 40 feet or a distance equal to the average of the setbacks of structures on two adjoining lots; side yards adjoining a street must be at least 40 feet; and rear yards must be at least 15 feet in depth. The proposed plan does line of up the new building with the existing buildings. Floor area ratio for this development is not an issue as the maximum in the Light Industrial zoning district is 1.5. Attachments: • Preliminary Site Plan