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, . ~ ~HlLLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 28, 2006 PC Agenda Item 3.B TO: Planning Commission FROM: James Lehnhoff, City Planner SUBJECT: PC #: 06-020 City Insulation of Madison/Alpine Insulation 3755 Dunlap Avenue Site Plan Review Requested Action The applicant has requested a site plan review to modify the exterior of the existing building at 3755 Dunlap Avenue in the B-4 Zone to add four loading docks to the south side of the building. . Background I. Overview of Request: The applicant proposes to add four new loading docks to the south side of the existing 11,720 square foot building at 3755 Dunlap Avenue. Modifications to buildings in the B-4 Zone require an approved site plan review. Three ofthe docks would be 16' wide and 14' high and the western most dock would be 12' wide and 14' high. There is one existing loading dock on the south side of the building near the front of the building and one loading dock on the west (rear) side of the building. Both of the existing docks doors would remain. The applicant is not proposing any other changes to the building or the lot. The building contains 10,320 square feet of warehouse space and 1,400 square feet of office space on a .93 acre lot. The business occupying the space, an insulation installer and contractor, is a conforming office/warehouse use in the B-4 Zone. According to the applicant, the doors are nceded to provide better access to the warehouse portion of the building for easier and more efficient loading and unloading of insulation materials. The docks are not meant to significantly increase the number of trucks or traffic on the site. The City ojArden Hills Planning Commission Meetingfor July J 2. 2006 . I,I,MelrO-incl.uslardenhills\P{nnniI1g\T'lonlling Ow:si20061.06-020 Ciiy 111mtallon site plan review (P1::NDJNG)\062806 PC reporl- Cily Insulmion Si'e Plan Review.lloe Page 1 of 6