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LP-179,V,N-242,SP-122 Paige 2 3. There will be no chemical storage. 4. There will not be more than six heavy truck trips per day to the site. Typica]ly off ice/ warehouse facilities have little semi-truck traffic. This would be especially true for the proposed building which is small in scale. 5. There will not be excessive vehicle traffic between 8:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.. Again, this facility is not large enough for large manu- facturers or similar type uses requiring much vehicle and truck traffic. Occupants of the building would .most likely have standard day time office hours. 6.. The site plans and buil-ding elevations indicate an attractive, nicely landscaped building. 7. Although not indicated on the plan the parking and drive areas will be asphalted. All- of the required site plan information has been .submitted. The applicant has also submitted an application to Rice Creek Watershed District for approval. Rice Creek Watershed District approval is required because the western boundary of the site runs parallel with County. Drainage ditch #2. Rice Creek will require certain park- ing setbacks and sodded buffer areas along the ditch. The proposal meets all of the I-3 district zoning requirements, except the building setback along lst Street SW, for which the applicant has applied for a variance. The site plan shows more than the required number of parking stalls and. one handicapped parking stall. There are two access points to the site. The access off Old Highway 8 will be limited to south bound traffic because of the center median. Both driveway curb cuts will require Ramsey County approval. The applicant has already been.in contact with Ramsey County. -The New Brighton Fire Chief is reviewing the site access also. There is a notation on the site plan (in the driveway off 1st Street NW) that the concrete curbing will be brought back to the setback line only. The curb should be continued along the east side of the driveway around the corner of the first building bay as shown. Concrete curbing should also be installed at the rear of the other three building bays as shown. The landscape plan is complete and the vegitation appears adequate. STAFF ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE REQUEST The applicant is requesting a 20-foot variance on lst Street NW to allow for a 40-foot building setback. A 60-foot building setback is required by code in Section 6-060 (a) because of the R-2 zoned property on the north side of 10th Street.