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RESOLUTION No. <br />07-] 06 <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A SITE PLAN, PLANNED UNIT <br />dT AND PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT. <br />HER s, an application has been made by Ryan Companies for consideration of a Site Plan, <br />Plant Unit Development, and Preliminary and Final Plat in order to develop a 118,000 s.f. 2- <br />story ffice building located within the Northwest Quadrant, east side of Old Highway 8 NW, <br />curre lv addressed at 19 & 199 14th Street NW, including conceptual PUD approval of a second <br />i s, the procedural history of the application is as follows: <br />1. ' Applications for a Site Plan, Planned Unit Development, and Preliminary and Final Plat <br />were submitted on August 2, 2007. <br />2. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held public <br />hearings on August 21, 2007 and October 2, 2007 where all present were given a chance <br />to freely speak at the hearing. <br />3. The Planning Commission considered the requests and recommended that the City <br />'I Council approve the proposal subject to conditions. <br />4 The City Council was to consider the proposal on September 11, 2007, but pulled the <br />item from the agenda pending additional information. <br />5 The City Council considered the Site Plan, Planned Unit Development, and Preliminary <br />and Final Plat on October 4, 2007. <br />Plat <br />S, the Planning Commission and City Council make the following Findings of Fact with <br />to the Site Plan (LP2007-009), Planned Unit Development (PU2007-007), Preliminary <br />2007-004) and Final Plat (FP2007-004): <br />The property is located generally at 19 & 119 14th Street NW and is legally described on <br />attached Exhibit A. <br />The property is zoned NWQ, Northwest Quadrant District. <br />The property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for City Center. <br />The total property area is approximately 6.56 acres. <br />The Planning Commission and City Council approve the Site Plan application in <br />accordance with Zoning Code Section 8-010, subject to conditions. <br />The Planning Commission and City Council considered the following factors with regard <br />to the application for a Planned Unit Development: <br />a. The consistency of the proposed development with the adopted or proposed <br />comprehensive plan for the City. <br />b. The extent to which the proposed development is designed to form a desirable and <br />unified environment within its own boundaries in terms of relationship of structures, <br />patterns of circulation, visual character, and sufficiency of drainage and utilities.