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Planning Commission Minutes — October 13, 2005 Page 5 All Ayes. Motion carried. Pearson Mechanical Site Plan The Commission considered the request of R.A. Pearson & Associates, 12575 Lockridge Street, Stillwater, for site plan approval to allow for the construction of a 45,000 square foot warehouse/office building on Lot 1, Block 1 of Bald Eagle Industrial Park, 5th Addition. The CD Intern explained that Pearson Mechanical, Inc had purchased the property from the City and had until September 2006 to construct a building on the site. Pearson was proposing a warehouse and office complex to house the headquarters of Pearson Mechanical Inc. & Associates, which is a mechanical contractor company specializing in HVAC system construction. The proposed building will consist of 33,800 square feet of warehouse space and 9,600 square feet of office space. Part of the office and warehouse space may be leased out to another contracting company. Staff calculated a total of 75 parking spaces required by ordinance for a building of that size. The proposed site plan identified the construction of 48 parking spaces with 27 additional parking spaces identified as future parking. Staff considered the proposed amount of parking spaces to be adequate for their operation. Pearson Mechanical did not intend on occupying the entire building immediately. Much of the office space was to be reserved for future growth and the additional 27 spaces would be needed at a later date if Pearson Mechanical expanded its operations or if the building is occupied by another business. The Intern also noted that the building met all setback requirements and staff would continue to work with the applicant on lighting, landscaping and screening issues on the site. McRoberts questioned what would trigger the construction of the additional spaces and Weidt suggested that it may be cheaper to do it now. Schumann opened the public hearing. Steve Mueller, Jafvert, Mueller Architects, Inc., said they would prefer to build only the necessary 48 stalls now to save on money and the plan showed where additional parking could be constructed in the future. McRoberts left at 8:30 p.m. The applicant discussed trash enclosures, parking and access to the parking lot. Mueller indicated that there would be approximately a dozen pickup trucks parked there at night. Rosenquist suggested the trash enclosures be covered. Weidt said he would like to see all the parking done now and Rosenquist suggested the additional parking be installed as soon as the other end of the building was being occupied.