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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Tuesday, January 20, 2004 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#4) #03-2923 STEVAN WAGNER,3609 SHORELINE DRIVE, COMMERCIAL <br /> SITE PLAN REVIEW (6:15-6:25 P.M.) <br /> Stevan Wagner, the applicant, was present. <br /> Planner Curtis reported that in September 2003 the applicant submitted an application for a <br /> building expansion and remodel in the B-1 Zoning District. As per City Code Section 78- <br /> 642 any application for a commercial building permit prompts a site review by the <br /> Planning Commission and City Council. As such, the applicant has requested the <br /> following: <br /> 1) Commercial site plan review in order to obtain a building permit to remodel and <br /> expand an existing 2,310 s.f. concrete block building on the property to a 4080 s.f. <br /> building, a 1,770 s.f. total expansion. <br /> 2) A setback variance in order to re-use the existing sign pole which is setback 8' <br /> from the front property line where 10' is required. The signage itself will extend an <br /> additional 4' into the setback area for a sign setback of 4' when 10' is required.* <br /> 3) Hardcover variance to allow existing driveway hardcover to become structural <br /> hardcover.* <br /> *Each of these items will be reviewed in part with the overall commercial site review <br /> Curtis continued, stating that the application was presented at the October 2003 Planning <br /> Commission meeting and the November 2003 work session. The following information <br /> was requested by the Planning Commission at the October meeting for the applicant to <br /> provide for their review: <br /> 1. Storm water management plan(indicating drainage and grading). <br /> 2. Detailed landscape plan including any vegetative screening. <br /> 3. A lighting plan. <br /> 4. Existing and proposed exterior storage plan, including any equipment staging area. <br /> 5. Exterior building material detail. <br /> 6. Hazardous waste management solutions <br /> During the November work session Planning Commission asked the applicant to provide <br /> more detailed information and receive approval from other jurisdictional permitting <br /> authorities such as the Hennepin County Environmental Services, Minnesota Pollution <br /> Control Agency(MPCA) and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD). <br /> Curtis indicated that to date the applicant has complied with Hennepin County <br /> Environmental Services hazardous waste generator requirements, applied for a MPCA <br /> Industrial Waste Water Permit and received a permit(for Rule B: Erosion Control and <br /> Rule N: Stormwater Management) from the MCWD. The Rule B permit states that <br /> erosion control consisting of a silt fence and a gravel construction entrance have been <br /> approved, and the Rule N permit states that the applicant's project requires Best <br /> Management Practices (BMP) and rate control in order the fulfill the stormwater <br /> management practices of Rule N. The MCWD has determined that stormwater runoff rates <br /> PAGE 3 of 53 <br />