02/20/2007 Planning Commission Minutes

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�i;- � • t�•- , 1VIINUTES OF THE , � ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday,February 20,2007 6:00 o'clock p.m. (#07-3250 Philip Carlson, Continued) The retaining wall bordering the `welding shop' property will be moved slightly further into that � property leaving a full five feet of space for screening plantings. A permanent easement will be required for that wall, and its ultimate ownership and maintenance responsibility should be spelled out. The landscape plan now includes a Dwarf Korean Lilac hedge bordering the parking lot,providing screening from headlights. Staff would recommend that such a screen also be established along the south side of the five parking stalls facing Highway 12 near the entrance. • The plan for the boulder retaining walls has been forwarded to the City Engineer for his review. If both boulder and keystone walls are now proposed,the applicants should provide a site plan indicating . which walls are to be keystone and which are to be boulders. Further,the applicants have relocated the dumpster to the southwest corner.of the north parking lot, making it somewhat more accessible for the tenants. A proposed dumpster enclosure design was provided at the last meeting. The preliminary plat has been revised from earlier versions and now creates five building pads instead . , of ten. The reason for this is that the building code requires firewalls when buildings are in close . proximity to lot lines. With the original plat proposal,the shared open space within each building would be straddling,the lot line, eliminating the possibility of firewalls.The option for the developer is to plat each building as a single unit,then convert them to condos by describing spaces for � lease/ownership that end at party walls within each building,the remainder becoming part of the .. commons area. . Gaffron stated the City Engineer has recommended that the applicants address the following items: 1. Will the applicants agree to provide a 50-foot wide easement over the southerly connecting driveway rather than the 25 feet shown? 2. Can the applicant provide written consent c�f the adjoining property owner to allow the walls to be built on the welding shop property? , . 3. Can the applicant gain temporary construction easements over the adjoining properties for retaining wall construction? 4. . The road connection to the west stops short of the lot line—will the applicants make this drivable to the satisfaction of the Fire Marshal? 5. Are there any line items in the City Engineer's comments that applicant believes cannot be satisfactorily addressed? � Gaffron noted the latest plans have not yet been reviewed by the Fire Marshal. Plans will also be forwarded to Miz/DOT and Hennepin County Public Works for review and comment. Staff believes the following issues remain to be discussed by the Planning Commission: PAGE 3