Findings of Fact
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of Eden Trace Corp. for Site Plan Review for a 50,000 square-foot, one-story
office/warehouse building, Planning Case #07-27.
On January 15,2008, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly
scheduled meeting to consider the application of Eden Trace Corp. for a site plan review for the
property located at 2411 Galpin Court. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on
the proposed site plan which was preceded by published and mailed notice. The Planning
Commission heard testimony from all interested persons wishing to speak and now makes the
following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The property is currently zoned PUD, Planned Unit Development (Office/Industrial)
District.
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for OfficelIndustrial uses.
3. The legal description of the property is: Lot 1, Block 2, Chanhassen West Business Park.
4. Section 20-110 of the Chanhassen City Code requires the Planning Commission and City
Council to evaluate a site plan's compliance with the following:
a. The proposed project is consistent with the elements and objectives of the city's
development guides, including the comprehensive plan, official road mapping,
and other plans that may be adopted;
b. The proposed project is consistent with the site plan review requirements;
c. The proposed project preserves the site in its natural state to the extent practicable
by minimizing tree and soil removal and designing grade changes to be in keeping
with the general appearance of the neighboring developed or developing or
developing areas;
d. The proposed project creates a harmonious relationship of building and open
space with natural site features and with existing and future buildings having a
visual relationship to the development;
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e. The proposed project creates a functional and harmonious design for structures
and site features, with special attention to the following:
1) An internal sense of order for the buildings and use on the site and
provision of a desirable environment for occupants, visitors and general
community;
2) The amount and location of open space and landscaping;
3) Materials, textures, colors and details of construction as an expression of
the design concept and the compatibility of the same with adjacent and
neighboring structures and uses; and
4) Vehicular and pedestrian circulation, including walkways, interior drives
and parking in terms of location and number of access points to the public
streets, width of interior drives and access points, general interior
circulation, separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and arrangement
and amount of parking.
f. The proposed project protects adjacent and neighboring properties through
reasonable provision for surface water drainage, sound and sight buffers,
preservation of views, light and air and those aspects of design not adequately
covered by other regulations which may have substantial effects on neighboring
land uses.
5. The planning report #07-27 dated January 15, 2008, prepared by Robert Generous, et aI,
is incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the site
plan for Planning Case 07-27.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 15th day of January, 2008.
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