HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-22 TPC Ltr to Applicant Re Application Materials Review TPC3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100
Anoka, MN 55303
Phone: 763.231.5840
Facsimile: 763.427.0520
TPC@PlanningCo.com
July 22, 2015
Mr. Lorene Clark
3701 Oakgreen Avenue North
Stillwater, MN 55082
RE: Oak Park Heights — Range 082 Indoor Shooting — Subdivision and Design
Guidelines/Site Plan Review— Memorial Avenue North
FILE NO: 236.02 — 15.04
Dear Mr. Clark:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on July 15, 2015 for
Subdivision and Design Guidelines/Site Plan review for Lot 2, Block 1, Oak Park Station
on Memorial Avenue North. The building and site will be used for a retail store and gun
range. With this letter we are notifying you that the application is not complete. The
City will deem it complete with receipt of the following items by September 29, 2015:
1. Please submit the original application with signatures in ink.
2. Provide a survey of the property with a preliminary plat.
3. Provide an environmental waste recovery and removal plan for the site.
4. Provide pictures of the site, including a view from Highway 5.
5. Identify the materials and plans for the eight foot fence proposed on the Memorial
Avenue side of the building.
6. Provide a building material board with colors for the Planning Commission
meeting.
7. Provide the percentage of glass on the Highway 5 façade.
8. Revise the plans so that the trail will extend the length of the property on
Memorial Avenue.
9. Provide fixture specifications for all building wall and site lighting.
10. Indicate on the plans the location of the trash/recycling area for the building.
11. Provide sign dimensions and plans for how the signs will be lit.
Lorene Clark
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12. The landscape plan should be revised so that the Skyline Honeylocust are
removed from the parking lot islands and replaced with Japanese Tree Lilac.
13. Provide locations for mechanical equipment, whether it is mounted on the rooftop
or ground, and indicate how it will be screened from Highway 5 and Memorial
Avenue North.
14. City Staff raised concerns regarding culverts and the drainage swale in the City
easement area. We should discuss this at a meeting next week.
15. City Staff also discussed the facades on the Northeast, Southwest, and
Northwest sides. We should discuss whether the elevations could be provided
with more detailing to break up the blank appearance of the building.
We would invite you and your representatives to a staff meeting on July 29, 2015 at
11:00 AM at City Hall to discuss these issues and address any questions you may have.
If all of the application materials are submitted as requested, the Planning Commission
would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for August 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM
in the City Hall Council chambers.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(f), the City of Oak Park Heights is
herewith extending the period of time for agency/city review of the application for an
additional 60 day period (for a total of 120 days from the date of a complete application)
inasmuch as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff
relative to the complexity of the project as proposed will be required.
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
Sincerely, /
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Scott D. Richards, AICP — City Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights
The Planning Company LLC
C: Eric Johnson
Julie Hultman
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