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<br />. <br /> <br />Site Access and On-site Parking <br />Site Access remains the same as previously documented, <br /> <br />On-site parking will continue to provide space for employee and public vehicles in the <br />south parking areas. All maintenance and patrol vehicles are housed in the yard either <br />indoors or under canopy, Additional parking demands created by the added Patrol <br />Station are solved with 25 additional surface stalls (310 total) and redistribution of those <br />stalls near the Administration wings of the facility. <br /> <br />Special Use Permit Requirements - Amendment Issues <br />· Zoning, Sheriff: The addition of the sherif.! at this project does not introduce any new <br />nonconforming uses to this site, <br /> <br />Salt/Sand Storage Structure: The original location of this structure in the northeast <br />corner of the site has been revised as shown on the enclosed plans to the central portion <br />of the site still north of the vehicle storage building, The tensile fabric structure is two <br />individual buildings (only one is under contract and proposed to be built at this time), <br />The two buildings are configured perpendicular to each other and cover less ground than <br />its predecessor in the previous permit application. <br /> <br />"'-'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The relocation was necessary due to soils conditions on the northern position of the site. <br />The previous location would have required 15 - 20 feet of soil correction (with <br />substantial cost) to allow the loading of this material on grade, <br /> <br />Construction of one of the buildings is planned in the spring of2004, The second <br />building will be constructed when financing becomes available. Overall height of the <br />smaller/narrower structure will be under the approved variance of 48', Fabric color <br />remains silver as previously approved in the Special Use Permit, <br /> <br />· Project Design, Sherif.!: Building materials of the new Administration building <br />component for the Sheriff will employ similar materials (brick, windows, metal panel) as <br />the Public Work Administration wing, The Sherif.! space program will also extend the <br />curved cold storage wing of the facility to the east to house patrol vehicles and <br />equipment, <br /> <br />The Ramsey County Water Patrol/Storage building located on the west end of the site will <br />be precast wall panels with the same materials as the public works vehicle storage <br />building, Additional berming and planting will be constructed to blend the buildings with <br />the landscape, <br /> <br />· Environmental Review, With the addition of the additional office space, an <br />environmental assessment is still not required for the amended project, since it is under <br />the minimum size for state guidelines, <br /> <br />. <br />