Findings of Fact and Recommendation
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of Bruno Silikowski for Site Plan Review.
On August 18,2009, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application of Bruno Silikowski for a site plan review for the property
located at 8200 Audubon Road. 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 Industrial Office Park (lOP).
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for office/industrial uses and Parks and
Open Space.
3. The legal description of the property is: See Exhibit A
4. Site Plan Review, Section 20-110:
a. The proposed development 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 development is consistent with the site plan review requirements;
c. The proposed development 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 areas;
d. The proposed development 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 development 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. 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 #09-13 dated August 18,2009, prepared by Robert Generous, et aI, is
incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends that City Council approve the amendment to the
site plan for Auto Motorplex, Planning Case #09-13, permitting the installation of decks in the
locations highlighted in the staff report.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 18th day of August, 2009.
CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description
That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 116, Range 23, West of the 5th
Principal Meridian described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast comer of said Southeast Quarter thence on an assumed bearing of
North 89 degrees 00 minutes 25 seconds West along the North line of said Southeast Quarter a
distance of 2614.22 feet to the Northwest comer of said Southeast Quarter; thence South 00
degrees 59 minutes 45 seconds East along the west line of said Southeast Quarter a distance of
1766.11 feet; thence North 56 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds East a distance of 669.01 feet;
thence South 33 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds East a distance of 39.63 feet; thence
Northeasterly along a non-tangential curve concave to the Northwest having a radius of 1859.86
feet; a chord bearing North 49 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds East of 394.93 feet; thence North
56 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds east, not to last described curve a distance of 323.97 feet;
thence South 35 degrees 03 minutes 24 seconds West a distance of 22.98 feet; thence
Southwesterly 120.34 feet along a tangential curve to the right having a radius of 1959.86 feet;
thence North 57 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds East not tangent to the last described curve a
distance of 1319.26 feet; thence North 33 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of
12.50 feet; thence North 56 degrees 57 minutes 24 seconds East a distance of 495.70 feet to the
East line of said Section 15; thence North 1 degree 15 minutes 22 seconds West a distance of
72.51 feel along the east line of said Section 15 to the point of beginning, according to the
Government Survey thereof,. Subject to easement for County State Aid Highway 17.
EXCEPT which lies Westerly of Bluff Creek, the centerline of said creek described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest comer of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 116,
Range 23 West of the 5th principal Meridian; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees
00 minutes 25 seconds East, along the North line of said Southeast Quarter, a distance of 718.45
feet to the point of beginning of the centerline to be described: thence South 03 degrees 14
minutes 54 seconds West, a distance of 12.34 feet; thence South 12 degrees 17 minutes 21
seconds East a distance of 18.26 feet; thence South 86 degrees 42 minutes 32 seconds East, a
distance of 66.41 feet; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 26 seconds East, a distance of 10.09
feet; thence South 26 degrees 53 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 11.25 feet; thence South
04 degrees 40 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance of 71.53 feet; thence South 08 degrees 34
minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 513.32 feet; thence South 01 degrees 27 minutes 58
seconds East, a distance of 148.78 feet; thence South 08 degrees 14 minutes 13 seconds West, a
distance of 114.78 seconds; thence South 30 degrees 49 minutes 36 seconds West, a distance of
256.50 feet; thence South 30 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 95.70 feet;
thence South 22 degrees 09 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance of 29.71 feet; thence South 10
degrees 54 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of 55.44 feet; thence South 14 degrees 39
minutes 10 seconds East, a distance of 15.14 feet; thence South 22 degrees 30 minutes 14
seconds West; a distance of 33.54 feet; thence South 08 degrees36 minutes 50 seconds West, a
distance of 40.11 feet; thence South 10 degrees 58 minutes 44 seconds West, a distance of 16.30
feet; thence South 33 degrees 58 minutes 55 seconds East, a distance of 3.27 feet to the point on
the Northerly line of the Milwaukee, St. Paul and pacific Railroad, said point a distance of
586.57 feet Northeasterly of the Southwest comer of the above described property, as measured
along said Northerly Railroad line, and said line there terminating.
That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 116 Range
23 West of the 5th Principal Meridian described as:
Beginning in the Southeast comer of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence on
an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 00 minutes 25 seconds West along the south line of said
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter a distance of 747.57 feet; thence North 35 degrees 03
minutes 24 seconds East, a distance of 1.50 feet; thence Northeasterly 1042.48 feet along a
tangential curve to the right having a radius of 2814.79 feet to the East line of said Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 06 seconds East along the
East line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter a distance of 738.57 feet to the point
of beginning, according to Government Survey thereof. Subject to easement for County State
Aid Highway No. 17.
Torrens Certificate No 24463
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