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Home My WebLink About08-160 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2008/12/15RESOLUTION NO. 08-160 Amends and Restates Resolution No. 90-105 RESOLUTION AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NO. 90- 105 ADOPTED ON AUGUST 6, 1990, AND GRANTING AMENDMENT TO EXISTING SPECIAL PERMIT UNDER SECTION 36-36 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO ZONING TO ALLOW AN EXPANSION OF THE WAREHOUSE FACILITIES AT 5005 HIGHWAY 7 FINDINGS WHEREAS, Nordic Ware (Dalquist Properties, LLP) has made application to the City Council for an amendment to an existing special permit under Section 36-36 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code to allow an expansion of the warehouse facilities at 5005 Highway 7 within a I -G General Industrial Zoning District having the following legal description: Lot 1, Block 1, DALQUIST INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the information related to Planning Case Nos. 90 -33 -SP and 08 -40 -SP and the effect of the proposed expansion of warehouse facilities on the health, safety, and welfare of the occupants of the surrounding lands, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, the effect on values of properties in the surrounding area and the effect of the use on the Comprehensive Plan; and compliance with the intent of the Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, a special permit was issued regarding the subject property pursuant to Resolution No. 90-105 of the St. Louis Park City Council dated August 6, 1990 which contained conditions applicable to said property; and WHEREAS, due to changed circumstances, amendments to those conditions are now necessary, requiring the amendment of that special permit; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of this resolution to continue and restate the conditions of the permit granted by Resolution No. 90-105, to add the amendments now required, and to consolidate all conditions applicable to the subject property in this resolution; WHEREAS, the contents of Case No. 08 -40 -SP are hereby entered into and made part of the public hearing record and the record of decision for this case. Resolution No. 08-160 -2- CONCLUSION NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Resolution No. 90-105 (document not filed) is hereby restated and amended by this resolution which continues and amends a special permit to the subject property for the purposes of permitting the expansion of warehouse facilities within the I -G General Industrial Zoning District at the location described above based on the following conditions: CONDITIONS 1. That the site shall be developed, used and maintained in accordance with Exhibit A — Plat; Exhibit C — General Drainage Plan; Exhibit E — Northland Aluminum Co. Warehouse Floor Plan and Elevation Plan; Exhibit F — Maid of Scandinavia Site Plan — Landscape Plan; Exhibit G — Maid of Scandinavia Elevation Plan; Exhibit H — Maid of Scandinavia Garage Plan as modified on June 2, 1982 by the Planning Department; Exhibit J — Site Plan; Exhibit K — Elevation Plan; Exhibit M — Elevation Plan; Exhibit N — Mezzanine Plan; Exhibit P — 1981 Construction Phase; and Exhibit Q— Office — Warehouse Elevation Plan. (Exhibit J replaced with Exhibit U by Condition No. 15). 2. All electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone and other utilities shall be placed underground. 3. The private roadway with a minimum width of 24 feet shall have a poured -in-place concrete curb at least 6 inches high. Said road and curb shall be constructed at standards acceptable to the City Engineer. Said road shall be designated as a fire lane, shall not be used for parking, and shall be kept clean and free from potholes and maintained thereafter. 4. Signs shall be limited to name plate signs, symbols, logos and architectural features that identify a particular business, service or good which is provided on the site. All the signs shall meet the following conditions: a. Billboards are hereby prohibited. b. All new signs are to be integrated with the architecture of the buildings and there shall be no more than one free standing sign per lot and said sign shall not exceed 200 square feet in total sign area and 25 feet in height. The pylon (elevator) is excluded from this requirement. c. Lighting for signs shall be interior or indirect so that light rays are not directly visible beyond the lot lines. 5. New buildings in the development and any major alteration or modification to the existing building shall be done so that the architectural treatment of the exterior of the building is equal in standard or exceeds the standard set by the existing building on Lot 2 and the proposed building on Lot 1. Resolution No. 08-160 -3- 6. The City shall be given the necessary easement for a north -south pedestrian walkway at least 30 feet wide in the vicinity of Ottawa extended or east within 60 days after the specific location is approved by the City Council. 7. There shall be no outside storage of equipment, raw materials, chemicals or waste with the exception of the trash container between Buildings 2 and 5. 8. All rooftop equipment shall be painted a light blue and maintained in that fashion. 9. Parking lot striping shall be completed by October 1, 1983. 10. No additional building permits shall be issued until the outside storage of materials on the west side of Building 5 is discontinued. 11. The office -warehouse addition shall be completed by October 30, 1984. 12. The metal building on the east end of the property shall be removed by October 30, 1988. 13. That a building to house an outer marker beacon is hereby permitted, subject to the following: a. That an outer marker beacon facility consisting of a building and antenna partly enclosed by a decorative fence no more than 6 feet high without barbed wire and landscaping consisting of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs shall be permitted at the east end of the property in accordance with Exhibit R — Outer Marker Beacon Plan, Exhibit S — Outer Marker Beacon Landscape Plan and Exhibit T — Outer Marker Beacon Elevation Plan. Said exhibits are applicable only for the outer marker beacon area. b. Said improvements including decorative fence and landscaping shall be completed by May 15, 1988. 14. That a building addition housing a two-way fork lift corridor between building one and building three is hereby permitted to be constructed over the existing utility easement. 15. That Exhibit J referred to in Condition 1 be replaced with Exhibit U, Site Plan. 16. That all existing utilities to be located under the building addition, as described under condition number 14 above, be protected by placing them in an approved casing extending a minimum of 8 feet beyond the building on both the east and west sides. 17. That construction plans for the building and utility casing be approved and signed by a structural engineer registered in the State of Minnesota and that structural plans must be approved by the City Engineering Department prior to issuance of a building permit. Resolution No. 08-160 -4- 18. That an agreement acceptable to the City be entered into by the City Manager on behalf of the City and the landowner identifying the conditions under which the building may be constructed over the easement and holds the City harmless prior to issuance of a building permit. 19. That, prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy, an agreement be reached between the applicant and the Fire Department to eliminate the fire hazard within the complex. 20. The special permit shall be amended on December 15, 2008 to incorporate all of the preceding conditions and add the following conditions: a. Approval is granted for a 60,000 square foot expansion of warehouse space on the site. b. The site shall be developed, used and maintained in accordance with exhibits incorporated by reference herein. c. Prior to starting any site work, the following conditions shall be met: 1) A pre -excavation conference shall be held with the appropriate development, construction and city representatives. 2) All necessary erosion control measures shall be installed. 3) All necessary permits must be obtained. 4) The Plat of DALQUIST INDUSTRIAL PARK 2ND ADDITION, approved on April 9th, 2007, shall be filed. 5) The site plan shall be revised to include a fence and vegetative screening of the east loading docks from the trail to the south. 6) The site plan shall be revised to include landscape islands as required by the Zoning Ordinance in the east parking lot. d. The applicant shall comply with the following conditions during construction: 1) All City noise ordinances shall be complied with, including that there be no construction activity between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends. 2) The site shall be kept free of dust and debris that could blow onto neighboring properties. 3) Public streets shall be maintained free of dirt and shall be cleaned as necessary. 4) The Zoning Administrator may impose additional conditions if it becomes necessary in order to mitigate the impact of excavation on surrounding properties. e. Fire lanes shall be signed in accordance with the Official Exhibits and the requirements of the Fire Marshal. f. Following construction of the warehouse expansion, outdoor storage, including the storage of semi -truck trailers, shall be prohibited, except that incidental, temporary outdoor storage shall be permitted for a time period not to exceed 24 hours. g. On-site signage shall at all times comply with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. • • • Resolution No. 08-160 -5- In addition to any other remedies, the developer or owner shall pay an administrative fee of $750 per violation of any condition of this approval. Under the Zoning Ordinance, this permit shall be revoked and cancelled if the building or structure for which the conditional use permit is granted is removed. se form and official exhibits must be signed by applicant (or applicant and owner if applicant is d (fere t from owner) prior to issuance of building permit. Revi -w. d f 1 Administration: tido ummir //Ilil City a 1,1 r Attest: City Clerk Adopted by the City Council December 15, 2008 1 Mayor