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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC81055 - 1800 Freeway BlvdPLANNING COMMISSION FILE CHECKLIST File Purge Date: �!�___ FILE INFORMATION Project Number: PLAN REFERENCE Note: If a plan was found in the file during the purge process, it was pulled for consolidation of all plans. Identified below are the types of plans, if any, that were consolidated. • Site Plans • Building Plans • Other: ✓ �eo�a�f �rr,�{o�edrJef�� FILE REFERENCE Note: The following documents were purged when this project file became inactive. We have recorded the information necessary to retrieve the documents. Document Type Date Range Location Agendas: Planning Commission Office Minutes: Planning Commission Minutes: City Council Information Sheet Packet Document Type Resolutions: Planning Commission M Resolutions: City Council Ordinances: City Council 1911-%,9 1 Office `9/6'09/ City Clerk Office Number Location Office City Clerk City Clerk CITY OF.BROOKLYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Application No. 81055 Please Print Clearlv or Tvpe Street Location of Property 1800 Freeway Blvd. Legal Description of Property Owner Roberts Construction,Inc. Tract D R.L.S. 3129 Address 175 W. Larpenteur Ave. Roseville Phone No. Applicant Address Phone No. Type of Request: Rezoning Variance Special Use Permit Subdivision Approval 631-9113 Site & Bldg. Plan Approval X Other: Plan review Description of Request: Owner wants to install 2 garage doors (front) and 2 garage doors @ rear with ramp to facilitate Chemlawn Co. to replace present facility. The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or delivery of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described herein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant of the obligation_to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. % n Fee $ 100.00 Receipt No. 56387 Dates of P.C. Consideration: Approved Denied following conditions: Date: July 30, 1981 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION this ,L-, day of CITY COUNCIL ACTION cant's \Signature 19 subject to the . man Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this day of19 with the following amendment: cte P/I Form No. 18 (over please) Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 81055 Applicant: Roberts Construction, Inc. Location: 1800 FreewayiiBoulevard Request: Plan Review The applicant seeks approval to construct two overhead doors along the east wall of the Spec. III Industrial Building (McCulloch Building) at 1800 Freeway Boulevard. The property in question is bounded by James Avenue North on the east, Freeway Boulevard on the south, Shingle Creek Parkway on the west, and the Northwestern Bell property to the north. The overhead doors will face James Avenue North rather than being hidden from public view. Such overhead doors already exist at the Coachman building at the southeast corner of 67th Avenue North and Shingle Creek Parkway and at the MTC bus garage. These openings were acknowledged through previous plan approvals. The applicant's proposal results in the loss of seven (7) parking stalls on the site. However, there is no threat to the ordinance requirement for parking stalls. 216 parking spaces are provided on the site and an office/industrial use of 96,000 sq. ft. with 10% office space requires 156 stalls. However, staff would recommend instead of simply striping the entrance area that concrete curb be installed as a continuation of existing curb to delineate the openings and parking area along the east side of the building. As to the Spec. III building itself, the City stills holds a bond for improvements to the site which goes back to 1971. Required landscaping and other improvements have been installed and the bond can be released at any time. Staff do not recom- mend any further site improvements as part of this application. The application is brought before the Planning Commission primarily as a vehicle to evaluate the circumstances surrounding the proposal. Staff do not feel that overhead doors should proliferate along walls which face public right-of-way, particularly major thoroughfares such as Shingle Creek Parkway and Freeway Boulevard. This is a purely aesthetic judgment on our part. To control such openings, plan review has been required. This building, when originally approved, was designed so that the loading service and truck activity areas were confined to the inside of this somewhat u-shaped building. Other requests for overhead doors along street right-of-way have been addressed either at the time of the original site plan approval or as an amendment to the plan approval requiring Planning Commission review and City Council approval. It is hoped that the Planning Com- mission will discuss the aesthetic aspect, of the application and begin to formulate a policy for the approval of overhead doors. It is recommended that a condition of approval be that no such overhead doors will be comprehended along the building walls of this building that face Shingle Creek Parkway or Freeway Boulevard. It should be noted that the Zoning Ordinance at present does not allow loading berths to be located within yard setback areas bordering streets (See Section 35- 600 attached). Overhead doors are not considered loading docks, however. We mention this only as it relates indirectly to aesthetic considerations. The doors in question will be used as a pass -through for Chemlawn trucks (Chemlawn proposes to occupy this space) so as to save space within the building by not requiring two extra doors on the west side of the east wing of the building and making trucks turn around within the building. 8-13-81 Application No. 81055 continued Subject to some slight modification,]'.the plans seem to be in order and approval is recommended subject to at least the following conditions: 1. 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 plans shall be modified to indicate B-6 curb to delineate the entrance area serving the overhead doors and the parking area on the east side of the building. 3. There shall be no overhead doors or loading berths along the building walls of this building facing Shingle Creek Parkway or Freeway Boulevard. 8-13-80 -2-