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Received City of Hugo 7-16-19 #18-033 #19-015 7300 WEST 147TH STREETI SUITE 5041 APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124-75801 (952) 431-4433 June 11, 2019 Pro 6 ect Narrative: Gopher State Storage — Hugo -cI: MEN NN cH��1s The Gopher State Storage — Hugo project is proposing a 3 -story climate -controlled building for their existing self storage business at the corner of Forest Boulevard (Highway 61) and 152nd Street North. The State Storage Group is a multi -state enterprise offering storage services in 25 locations across 8 states. The proposed 3 -story building would be built instead of three, one-story structures that have yet to be built from the original project, approved in 2017. When completed, the proposed building would contain approximately 400 units of various sizes. The existing site is a 3.3 acre lot zoned I-3 Industrial, with self storage being a permitted use in this zone. The proposed building has a 16,686 s.f. footprint, which, when added to the existing buildings, creates a lot coverage of buildings of 20%. The proposed impervious surface area, including the turnaround, creates a total impervious area coverage of 35%. The Landscape plan will address the planting requirements in the yards on all four sides. A single existing entrance will remain to the south onto 152nd Street North. The exterior of building includes architectural precast panels with strongly contrasting textures and colors. A limestone colored aggregate and matrix will be selected to best match the colors of the existing one story buildings. This predominant color will have a flat, exposed aggregate texture. This same color, given a much rougher corduroy texture, will be used at the base of the walls around most of the building, and up the stair tower, as an accented vertical element. A horizontal accent band will be created in the precast wall panels using a third texture, a flat troweled surface, that will receive a dark stain. This stained flat surface will also be used at the corner `towers'. The corner `towers' are accented in additional ways. They are offset 5 feet horizontally and vertically, to break up the massing and create a more traditional design element. In addition, they are clad with horizontal architectural metal panels with a deep groove profile. The metal panels are maroon in color to match the siding color on the existing storage buildings. The 5' space created in the offset is utilized internally to create display type windows showing storage unit doors as an indicator of the function of the building to passersby. The perspective rendering shows the interest the different materials and massing provides, creating a very nice -looking building while also meeting all the material and offsets requirements of the ordinance. In addition, an entrance canopy identifies the entry clearly, and provides shelter from the elements while loading and unloading. The civil engineering drawings indicate the grading, paving and drainage approach for the project. The proposed building will not add significantly to the impervious surface of the site, because this portion of the site was intended to be covered by impervious surfaces in the previous approved development plan. The existing drainage pond on the north side of the site will accommodate any increased impervious surfacing that is being proposed. The turnaround for trailered and emergency vehicles will add impervious surface that has been added to the site stormwater design. The proposed building is accessed from the existing entrance off 152nd Street North on the south side of the property.