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Page 3 <br /> • SITE CHARACTERISTICS <br /> 1. Location: 50 14th Street NW <br /> 2. Lot Size: The site is 9.6 acres. <br /> 3. Topography: Relatively flat <br /> 4. Vegetation: None <br /> 5. Sensitive Areas: None <br /> 6. Comprehensive Plan Designation: Light Industrial <br /> 7. Zoning: I-1,Light Industrial <br /> 8. Surrounding Land Uses: <br /> North: Industrial(Print Shop) <br /> South: Industrial(rendering plant) <br /> East: Industrial <br /> West: Industrial&Park <br /> SITE HISTORY <br /> 1. Past Uses: Trucking Terminal <br /> 2. Historical Significance: None <br /> DEPARTMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> 1. Parking&Drive Aisle Setbacks: Required: 40' front,40' street,& 5 foot side <br /> Existing: 20' front(1st Avenue& 14th Street)& 30' side <br /> Proposed: 20'front on 14th& 10' front on 1st Avenue(variance <br /> • is requested)&30' side. <br /> 2. Parking Spaces Required: 48 Total stalls required <br /> 3. Parking Spaces Proposed: 107 stalls existing(about 5 stalls removed to make room for the <br /> gas fueling area. <br /> 4. Handicap Parking: Required: 4 Stalls Proposed: 4 Stalls <br /> The applicant has agreed to provide 4 parking stalls for the <br /> handicapped. <br /> 5. Stall Size: Required: 9 x 18 Proposed: 9 x 20(complies). <br /> 6. Drive Aisle Size(two way): Required: 24 feet Proposed: 22 feet- Stall length should be <br /> reduced two(2)feet to meet the required 24 foot wide drive <br /> aisles. As demonstrated on the site plans the stall size can be <br /> reduced 2 feet and the drive aisle width expanded 2 feet to <br /> comply with the Ordinance requirement. <br /> 7. Total Drive Entrances: Two(2)-One (1)entrance off of 14th Street NW and One(1) <br /> entrance off of 1st Avenue NW. No new entrances are <br /> proposed. <br /> 8. Driveway Width: Maximum: 36 feet Existing: 22&35 feet <br /> 9. Concrete Curbing: Existing in some locations. The applicant will be required, as <br /> part of the nonconforming use permit to install perimeter curbing <br /> around the off-street parking, drive-aisles and loading area. <br /> 10. Parking Area Surface: Bituminous <br /> 11. Landscaping/Screening: The applicants are proposing a perimeter landscape screen of <br /> various evergreen and deciduous trees on the outside of the <br /> fence. The City Forester reviewed the plans and found that the <br /> • plans will provide a good screen around the perimeter of the site. <br /> Due to the poor soils located on this site, specific species <br /> I;1S HAR E D 1C 0 U N C I L\R E PORTS119991AAAC OO P E.W P D <br />