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Norm Wells Architect PA <br /> I, 11 <br /> ticr. Brig-don. .4111-m. sod] i ,1 2 <br /> : kph!ill: r,,i I h -il SIP. <br /> September 26, 2011 <br /> City of New Brighton <br /> Attention: Janice Gundlach, City Planner <br /> New Brighton City Council <br /> New Brighton Planning Commission <br /> RE: Bell Lumber and Pole Company <br /> Proposed Second Floor Office Addition <br /> reducing the amount of unpaved surface which will provide further aid in the mitigation of dust on <br /> the Site, as well as reducing the amount of dirt tracked onto First Street NW. When the office <br /> addition was approved in October, 2008, Bell Lumber and Pole Company agreed to pave the first <br /> fifty feet of the Northern access point on First Avenue in an effort to mitigate dust. This additional <br /> parking area extends the paved area another 140 feet into the yard from First Avenue NW for a <br /> total distance into the yard of 190 feet. In October, 2008 an existing nonconforming issue was the <br /> lack of concrete curbing and bituminous drive aisles which was addressed with the parking and <br /> drive aisle rearrangement done as part of that project. This issue is addressed again with this <br /> proposal as the new parking area will be paved and concrete curb will be used to define the new <br /> parking area. Providing parking in this area also eliminates the storage of poles in close proximity <br /> to First Street NW. <br /> The nonconformity of the existing surface parking area being setback 23 feet when 40 feet is <br /> required was eliminated in 2009 with the addition of landscaping to screen the parking from the <br /> street. The situation exists again with the expansion of the existing parking area. The existing <br /> cedar fence that is currently screening poles stored in the area of parking lot expansion will serve <br /> as screening for the parking which eliminates the nonconformity. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> 1,064 <br /> Norm Wells <br /> PACIE 2 oF2 <br />