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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996 09-12 PCP PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA • CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 REGULAR SESSION 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Administer Oath of Office: Brian Walker Rex Newman 4. Approval of Minutes- August 29, 1996 • 5. Chairperson's Explanation The Planning Commission is an advisory body. One of the commission's functions is to hold public hearings. In the matters concerned in these hearings, the Commission makes recommendation to the City Council. The City Council makes all final decisions. 6. Iten Chevrolet 96014 Request for Site and Building Plan approval and a Special Use Permit to construct an approximate 3,200 sq. ft. expansion for an auto service write-up area at Iten Chevrolet, 6701 Brooklyn Boulevard. 7. Other Business 8. Adjournment I �, i �,� -- - Planning Commission Information Sheet • Application No. 96014 Applicant: Iten Chevrolet Location: 6701 Brooklyn Boulevard Request: Special Use Permit/Site and Building Plan The applicant, Stephen Binek on behalf of Iten Chevrolet, is seeking Site and Building Plan approval and a Special Use Permit to construct a small addition to the Iten Chevrolet dealership at 6701 Brooklyn Boulevard. The property in question is zoned C-2 and the sale of motor vehicles at retail is a special use in that zoning district. The subject site is located at the northwest quadrant of Brooklyn Boulevard and I-94. It is surrounded on the east by Brooklyn Boulevard; on the south by Interstate 94; on the west by the Osseo-Brooklyn school bus garage; and on the north by Lowell's Automotive Paints, Atlantis Pools, Porter-Cable, Inc., Iten Leasing and 68th Avenue North. The proposal calls for an approximate 40 ft. by 80 ft. addition that will fill in a notch at the southeast corner of the service/showroom building on the site. The purpose of the addition is to provide for a new service write-up area. The applicant also proposes a new entrance to the existing showroom at the east end of the building. Generally, the City takes the opportunity to assure compliance with current zoning and site requirements when additions are made to existing properties. Also, because this site is over five • acres, review by the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission and compliance with their development regulations is normally required. The applicant has requested that certain watershed and landscape improvements normally required by deferred. The reason for the deferral is that the City is looking at the possibility of an area wide drainage pond that would meet the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission requirements for control over the rate and water quality of run off for this site and other sites in the area. The City Engineer has contacted the Watershed Management Commission and has been advised that such a deferral to a later date would appropriate. The applicant is also requesting that they not be required to install required landscaping at this time because of the Hennepin County plans to widen Brooklyn Boulevard in this area in 1998. They would prefer to provide the landscaping in connection with that improvement primarily because of the need to provide green strip and landscaping along Brooklyn Boulevard. Such deferrals would be consistent with the recommendations made by the Planning Commission with respect to a minor addition to the Ryan Olds property in the later part of 199'). ACCESS/PARKING Access to the site is unchanged and the addition will not generate a need for much additional parking. The addition, as indicated previously, is for a service write-up area and also to provide 9-12-96 • Page 1 an enclosed area for receiving the delivery of new cars. The addition will require a need for four additional parking stalls based on the ordinance parking requirements. The applicant has provided a parking analysis and the site plan indicates parking on the site. The showroom, office, storage, service, used car operation and new construction write-up service area requires a total of 359 parking spaces. The applicant's site plan shows a total of 575 parking stalls. This should adequately provide for the parking needs plus inventory required for this car dealership operation. GRADING/DRAINAGE/UTILITIES No changes are proposed to this site with respect to grading, drainage, and utilities. As previously mentioned,the City Engineer has contacted the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission regarding compliance with watershed regulations. An area wide drainage plan is a possibility for this area. This fact, and the fact that the proposed addition is relatively small in comparison with the site, are reasons for the Watershed not requiring a formal submittal. LANDSCAPING The applicant has not submitted a landscape plan for the site at this time. We have had some discussion with the representative and have indicated that it may be appropriate to defer landscape improvements until such time as the Brooklyn Boulevard widening, comprehended for • 1998, is completed. The architect has submitted a written memorandum evaluating the required number of points based on the landscape point system(copy attached) utilized by the Planning Commission for evaluating landscape plans. This 8.56 acre site requires a minimum of 553.6 points. It is my understanding that Mr. Marty Iten is preparing a letter indicating their intent to participate in a landscape improvement program at the time the Brooklyn Boulevard project is undertaken. It would be appropriate to provide a landscape plan at this time indicating the location of future landscaping. One of the chief site deficiencies with respect to this property is the lack of a 15 ft. green strip along Brooklyn Boulevard. Such an improvement is recommended and it would be appropriate to provide this landscape area at the time of the Brooklyn Boulevard project and various public improvements are made as well. The Planning Commission should review this matter and determine to what extent a landscape plan should be developed and to what extent a deferral of improvements should be recommended. It should be noted that a similar deferral was given to Bob Ryan Olds in 1993, , however, th at site did already meet or exceed the minimum number of landscape points for such a facility. That site, however, did not have the proper distribution of landscaping and an additional 174.5 points was needed to be provided. BUILDING 9-12-96 . Page 2 The applicant has provided building elevations showing the addition to the site. Two overhead • doors would be located along the east wall of the new addition to provide a customer drive-up and service write-up area. Two overhead doors are also provided on the south wall of the new addition and would be for the purpose of bringing in new car inventory to the dealership. A new entrance to the showroom portion of the dealership would be provided along the existing east wall of the building. The exterior of the building addition would be E.I.F.S. fascia to match the existing building exterior. SPECIAL USE PERMIT STANDARDS A public hearing is scheduled for this Special Use Permit and notices have been sent. Attached for the Commission's review is a copy of Section 35-220 of the Zoning Ordinance containing the five standards for Special Use Permits. We do not find any conflicts with the standards for Special Use Permits given a determination regarding the landscape plan for this property. RECOMMENDATION Altogether the plans and Special Use Permit appear to be in order. Approval is, therefore, recommended subject to at least the following conditions: I. Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits. • 2. The building addition is to be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system to meet all NFPA standards and shall be connected to a central monitoring device in accordance with Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances. 3. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances. 4. A Special Use Permit is granted to the applicant for the addition as proposed by the plans. Any expansion or alteration of these plans shall require an additional amendment to this Special Use Permit. 5. This Special Use Permit is subject to all applicable codes, ordinances and regulations, any violation thereof, could be grounds for revocation. 6. Landscape improvements consistent with the landscape point system may be deferred for installation to the time of the Brooklyn Boulevard widening project proposed for 1998. The applicant shall enter into an agreement acknowledging their responsibility 3 to provide said landscaping and assuring that it will be completed in conjunction with other landscape improvements proposed for the 1998 project or as soon thereafter as • 9-12-96 Page 3 possible should the project not go forward. • 9-12-96 • Page 4 Landscape Point System 1. Landscape Plantings shall be provided on the site based on the point system indicated below: Maximum % Planting Type Minimum Size Points/Planting of Points Ede trees (Deciduous, Maple, 2 1/2" diameter 10 50 Linden, Ash, Oak, Locust, etc) Coniferous Trees (Pine, Spruce, 5' height 6 40 Cedar) Decorative Trees (Russian Olives, 1" diameter 1.5 35 Radiant Crab, Canada Red Cherry, etc) Shrubs (Dogwood, Spirea, 12" diameter .5 25 Mockorange, Juniper, Arborvitae, etc) Points Required Per Acre The following schedule shall be used to determine the required number of points for a given site. The schedule is cumulative so that the first two acres of any site will require points on the basis of the column headed "0-2"; the next eight acres shall be computed on the basis of the column headed "2-10"; and, area over ten acres shall be computed on the basis of the column headed "10+". Land Area of Site (Acres) Type of Development 0-2 2-10 10+ Office 100 80 60 Restaurant/Retail/Service/Entertainment/Hotels 80 60 40 lgkght Industrial 75 60 50 eavy Industrial 60 50 40 Office/Industrial (Over 25% office) 90 70 50 Multi-Family Residential 90 75 60 Examples Six acre office site = 2 acres @ 100 plus 4 acres @ 80 = 520 points Fifteen acre retail/restaurant = 2 acres @ 80 plus 8 acres @ 60 plus 5 acres @ 40 = 840 points 2. The above point system in no way substitutes for the screening and buffer requirements set forth in the Zoning Ordinance. Plantings used for screening purposes shall be accorded points, but fulfilling the point requirements shall not obviate the requirements for screening. 3. Mature existing trees shall be accorded points on the basis of the above point schedule. A bonus equal up to the full value of a given planting may be granted by the Commission for the preservation of large existing plantings. 4. 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