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PLANNING REPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT:' LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 11 July 1984 1516-84 Jeffrey Nielsen West of Rice Street, East of Albermarle Street, Northerly of Elmer Street (see sketch) Approval of Lot Division Variance to Parking Setback, 1. The property in question has 220 feet of frontage; on Rice Street, and is proposed to be occupied by two office buildings. The applicant proposes to divide the land into two 110 foot lots with the division going through the center of the parking area. The easterly portion of the parking area will be constructed with the first building and the westerly portion will be constructed with the second building. The first building will be on the northerly lot and the second building will be on the southerly lot. This arrangement is due to the existence of a ponding area in the southeast corner of the site as indicated on the attached site drawings. 2. The variance to the parking setback is required inasmuch as the property line runs down the middle of the parking lot and there will be no setback for parking to this common lot line. This is not an unusual arrangement, but will require the filing of cross easements on the property so that users of either building can park on either side of the property line. It is important that these easements be in place both for the first parking area to be constructed and for the second, prior to any sale of the property so that the second parking lot can legally be built on both lots, and utilized in perpetuity. 3. This property is characterized by some unusual and difficult drainage problems which David Drown, Assistant City Engineer, offers .the following advice regarding the drainage situation: An overall drainage plan for this site together with the site immediately to the north (Case Number 1517) has beer, prepared which shows how the internal drainage of this whole area is to function. That drainage plan has some minor problems but appears to be workable. However, this entire area formerly functioned as a low ponding area for the neighborhood. With the proposed construction, additional water will be discharged at high rates down the west Rice Street ditch system. In the recent rainfalls, this ditch system could not contain the runoff. With this in mind, the applicant proposes to petition the City of Roseville to construct a storm sewer system along Rice Street to serve his development. This would be an assessment project and, as such, would require preparation of a feasibility study and public