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CR 05-48 Site Plan Review - Supervalu CITY OF ~ HOPKINS April 13, 2005 Council Report CR05-48 SITE PLAN REVIEW - SUPERV ALU Proposed Action Staff recommends the following motion: Move to deny a site plan to construct an addition to the building at 300 Second Avenue South and direct staff and the City Attorney to prepare findings of fact to adopt at the April 19 City Council meeting. At the Zoning and Planning meeting, Ms. Halverson moved and Mr. Kjos seconded a motion to adopt Resolution RZ05-9, recommending denial of a site plan to construct an addition to the building at 300 Second Avenue South. The motion was approved on a 3-2. Mr. Aarness and Ms. Aristy voting nay. Overview Supervalu is proposing to construct a 130,000-square-foot addition to the existing building at 300 Second Avenue South. The proposed addition will be located on the east side of the existing building. Supervalu is proposing to remove the existing parking on the east side and move that parking to the south side. The parking area will be for employees, and there will be two access points on Fifth Street into tlieparking area. When the existing building was constructed, a height variance was granted. If the building addition is to match the existing building, a height variance will have to be granted. The applicant has also applied for a front yard setback variance. Primary Issues to Consider . What is the zoning of the property, and how has the Comprehensive Plan designated the subject site? . What are the specifics of the development? . What is the staff recommendation? · What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning meeting? Supportin2: Documents . Analysis of issues . Site plans . Parking/traffic study Financial Impact: $ NI A Budgeted: Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.): Notes: Y/N Source: CR05-48 Page 2 Primary Issues to Consider. . What is the zoning of the property, and how has the Comprehensive Plan designated the subject site? The zoning of the property is 1-2, General Industrial. The Comprehensive Plan has designated this site as Industrial. The proposed development complies with both documents. . What are the specifics of the development? Building The proposed 130,000-square-foot addition will be added to the east side of the existing building. The exterior will match the existing building. Parking The parking has been moved to the south side of the site. The site is short 52 parking spaces with the relocation of the parking lot. Supervalu can provide a proof of parking area if more parking is needed in the future. Landscaping The landscape indicates landscaping on the south side will remain except for the area where the new entrances will be located. The applicant is required to plant 65 additional plantings. The plans indicate that Supervalu will provide additional plantings for the city's use. Exterior The exterior will be the same as the existing building, pre-cast concrete panels. Access Truck access to the site will not change. The existing truck access to the site is from Fifth Avenue. The parking lot will be moved to the south side of the building. Access to this parking area will be from Fifth Street. A traffic/parking study was completed for the new access points. The intersections will function at an acceptable level. The traffic study indicated there will be additional traffic on Fifth Street west of Second Avenue. Setbacks The building is required to have a 20-foot setback on the east side. The plan indicates a 10' 6" setback on the east side. The applicant has applied for a front yard setback variance. No other setbacks are affected. CR05-48 Page 3 Engineering/Public Works Storm Drainage The drainage cales show a decrease in runoff :from the existing to proposed condition. This is due to 2 factors. 1) There is an additional 0.65 acre unaccounted for in their computations; 2) the time of concentration is longer for the proposed condition, which has the effect of reducing the rainfall intensity for the calculations. I recommend having the cales resubmitted for review clarifying and correcting these issues. As a general comment, there are storm sewers crossing each other with some going to the pond and others straight to the storm sewer system. It may make sense to try and limit the crossovers by redirecting some of the roof drainage from the one outlet to the other while maintaining the same total discharge for each. Water System Should the intemalloop 12" water main be connected to the public line on Fifth Street? It would likely improve flows for the area in general. Grading looked fine. Fire Marshal The Fire Marshal has reviewed the plans. He has found them acceptable. Height The Zoning Ordinance allows a maximum height of 45 feet. The proposed height at the highest point is 47.5 feet. The applicant has applied for a height variance of 12.5 feet. Watershed District The Watershed District will have to approve this addition. Surrounding Uses The site is surrounded by residential on the south, Highway 169 to the east, SuperValu perishables building to the west and industrial uses to the north. . What is the staff recommendation? . Staff recommended approval of the south side addition and still feels that it would be a preferred option to the east side addition. The east side brings traffic and parking a lot closer to the neighborhood. The east side option also does not allow additional space for the additional CR05-48 Page 4 landscaping that was proposed.. Fifth Street will still function at levels of service that are acceptable with the east side addition, but it will bring more traffic to Fifth Street. . What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning meeting? Ms. Anderson reviewed the proposed site plan and the request for the variances. Bob King, representing Supervalu, appeared before tl1e meeting and reviewed the site plan and the vanances. The following individuals spoke at the public hearing: . Duffy Bren 626 West Park Valley Drive - opposed to east side addition Mike Reinitz 533 Fifth Avenue South - in favor of east expansion Don Roesner 618 West Park Valley Drive - opposed to east side addition Ruby Olson - 625 Fifth Avenue South - opposed to the variances Curt Wellumson 605 West Park Valley Drive - concerned about traffic with east side addition Pam Tanaka 605 East Park Valley Drive - opposed to east side addition Sandy Lien 629 Fifth Avenue South - opposed to east side addition Kathy Understad 408 Seventh Street South - opposed to east side addition Roger Peterson 513 Fifth Avenue South - in a quandary which addition would be better Ellen Levernier - 638 West Park Valley Drive - concerned about the traffic with the east side addition. Alternatives. 1. Approve the site plan to construct an addition to the building at 300 Second Avenue South. By approving of the site plan to construct an addition, the applicant will be able to construct the addition as proposed. If the City Council considers this alternative, findings will have to be identified that support this alternative. 2. Deny the site plan to construct an addition to the building at 300 Second Avenue South. By denying the addition, the applicant will not be able to construct the addition as proposed. 3. Continue for further information. If the City Council indicates that further information is needed, the item should be continued.