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Stantec <br />733 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402 <br />Planning Report <br />DATE: May 25, 2022 <br />TO: Centerville City Council <br />FROM: Phil Carlson, AICP, Stantec <br />APPLICANT: Chad Lockwood, Ryan Companies <br />REQUEST: "Banjo" Distribution Center, Planned Unit Development, Plat <br />ADDRESS: 6900 Block of 215t Avenue (Rehbein Black Dirt) <br />PIDS: 24-31-22-32-0003 & 24-31-22-32-0002 <br />OWNER: Rehbein Properties <br />INTRODUCTION <br />A national company proposes a 140,000-sq-ft distribution center on land <br />owned by Rehbein Properties in the industrial park. The user is <br />confidential for now; the project goes by the name "Banjo" and is <br />represented by Ryan Companies. The site consists of three parcels <br />totaling about 40 acres, between 20th and 21It Avenues, north of <br />Fairview Street, south of Commerce Drive. <br />The site is essentially vacant, being used for Rehbein's large-scale black <br />dirt operations. The site has street frontage on three sides: on the east <br />and west along 20th and 21" Avenues, and south along Fairview Street. <br />The northeast corner of the site touches the intersection of Commerce <br />Drive and 215t Avenue. Clearwater Creek angles across the northern <br />quarter of the site, separating a 5-acre triangle of land, mostly wetland, <br />from the rest of the site. <br />Adjacent uses and zoning are industrial to the north and south in Centerville, as well as east across <br />215t Avenue in Lino Lakes. To the west across 20th Avenue are commercial zoning and uses, <br />including the Creative Kids Academy daycare, Centerville Storage mini -storage, and Mechanical <br />Air Systems. Land Use Plan and zoning map excerpts are included on the second page following. <br />The project was discussed by the Planning & Zoning Commission on April 5, 2022, where they <br />voted to process the request as a planned unit development (PUD), and then was considered at <br />a public hearing on May 3, 2022, where the Commission recommended approval with conditions, <br />which are detailed later in this report. <br />Design with community in mind <br />