HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-18 TPC Ltr to Applicant Re Applicaiton Materials Review 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100
Anoka, MN 55303
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March 18, 2020
Mr. Mark Fuhr
Zephyr Group LLP
322 19th Street SW
Forest Lake, MN 55025
RE: Oak Park Heights — SUDZ Car Wash — Amended Conditional Use Permit
for Site Changes and Design Standards Review for Building — 5970 Neal
Avenue North
FILE NO: 236.02 — 20.04
Dear Mr. Fuhr:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on March 11, 2020 to allow
for site and building updates at the Pony Car Wash at 5970 Neal Avenue North. The
application consists of a request for an Amended Conditional Use Permit to allow for
site changes and Design Guidelines for the building updates. 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 March 25, 2020:
1. The Applicant shall provide a project narrative listing and with an explanation of
the changes to be made to the site and building.
2. On the proposed building elevations, provide dimensioning and indicate the
changes to the building materials where proposed. Provide existing elevation
diagrams to compare the changes.
3. The Applicant shall provide a grading and drainage plan which includes
calculations of the additional impervious area. The site plan indicates the
expansion of parking area into a drainage easement.
4. Indicate if Brown's Creek Watershed District has been contacted and where the
project review is in the process.
5. Provide lighting specifications for the proposed building and parking lot lighting.
Indicate were lighting will be installed on the building and in the parking lot.
6. Provide specifications as to how the lighting in the arched canopies will be
shielded. Will there be signage on each of the canopies? If so, indicate on the
plans.
7. Provide a legible lighting and photometric plan.
8. Provide square footage of the sign area of each of the wall signs and the
monument sign. Provide square footage of the reader board.
9. Provide additional details on the noise expected from the exterior vacuum units.
What will be the combined decibel reading if all of the vacuums are in use? Will
the vacuums be available for 24-hour use?
10.Provide elevation plans for the new trash enclosure.
Please submit this information to Julie Hultman by 12:00 on March 25, 2020. If all of the
application materials are submitted as requested, the Planning Commission would
consider the application at a meeting scheduled for April 9, 2020 at 6:00 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 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 — Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights
The Planning Company LLC
c: Eric Johnson, Julie Hultman
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