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RESOLUTION No. 11-100 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND NONCONFORMING USE ✓HE"AS, an application has been made by Norm Wells Architect PA on behalf of Bell Lumber & Pole Company to permit construction of a 2,304 SF second story office addition and assoFpated surface parking at 778 1" Street NW, and, ✓HEgEAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. Applications for a Site Plan and Nonconforming Use Permit were received on September 26, 2. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing 00 October 18, 2011 and all present were given a chance to freely speak at the hearing. 3. The Planning Commission recommended conditional approval on October 18, 2011. 4. 'tte City Council considered the request on October 25, 2011. ✓HEI AS, the Planning Commission and City Council make the following Findings of Fact with resp,,t to the Site Plan (LP2000-005) and Nonconforming Use Permit (NC2011-002): I . e property is zoned I - 2, Heavy Industrial. 2. e property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for Business Park. 3. e applicant is proposing to construct a 2,304 SF second story office addition above the rtion of the building constructed in 2008-2009, including construction of 11 additional face parking stalls. 4. a Planning Commission and City Council considered the Site Plan in accordance with I - 2 strict standards of Section 6-150, the commercial performance standards of Section 6-390, d the parking standards of Chapter 1 I of the Zoning Code. 5. a Planning Commission and City Council found all applicable Site Plan standards to be let, subject to installation of additional landscaping as outlined in the conditions of 6. a Planning Commission and City Council determined the following nonconformities ist on the site: I Parking areas less than the required setback. Storage areas less than the required setback Odor detectable beyond the lot line Lack of concrete curbing & bituminous or concrete drive -aisles - i.e. dust Fence heights and locations taller than allowed by code Exterior building materials along street frontages not meeting Section 6-390 (12). 7. he Planning Commission and City Council considered the Nonconforming Use Permit in cordance with Section 8-460 (2) and the following criteria: The total number of nonconformities is reduced.