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KinderCare Learning Center
June 18,2002
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PROPOSAUSUMMARY
The applicant is proposing a 10,434 square foot, one story building commercial/office building
with an asphalt shingled, Sovereign Series (charcoal) in color, pitched roof with a bell tower to
be used by KinderCare Learning Center. The primary building material is brick veneer, reddish
brown (Richmond Red) in color and sandy (Auburn Sand) colored fiber cement, horizontal
siding on the gable ends on the east and west elevations. The development has a fenced in play
area that wraps around the north, west and south sides of the building.
The development complies with the Arboretum Business Park design standards as well as design
standards for Commercial, Industrial and Office-Institutional Developments with the exception of
the need for additional windows on the north and south building elevations. Staff is
recommending approval of the site plan subject to the conditions of the staff report.
BACKGROUND
On June 10,2002, the city approved the preliminary plat to create three lots, one outlot and right-
of-way for the local public street for Arboretum Business Park 4th Addition. Final plat approval is
scheduled for June 24, 2002.
December 10, 2001, the city approved an amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD
#92-6) Development Contract/PUD Agreement for Arboretum Business Park incorporating
printing as a light industrial use; permitting indoor recreationlhealth clubs and recording studios
in the existing office-industrial buildings in the project; and prohibiting vocational schools,
public buildings (except in Outlots A and B), screened outdoor storage, and food processing.
On September 24, 2001, the Chanhassen City Council approved Interim Use Permit #2001-1 to
grade a portion of the Arboretum Business Park development and Conditional Use Permit #2001-8
to permit development within the Bluff Creek Overlay District. The grading prepared this site for
development.
August 13, 2001, the city approved the amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD #92-6)
to permit an Auto Services Center on the "Wrase" property with the stipulation that auto body
repair is prohibited on the site, and
On July 26,1999, the Chanhassen City Council approved an amendment to the PUD for
Arboretum Business Park to permit a Church facility as an interim use in the building on Lots 3
and 4, Block 2, Arboretum Business Park 2nd Addition.
On May 11, 1998, the City Council approved Arboretum Business Park 2nd Addition consisting
of six lots and the right-of-way for Water Tower Place, formerly known as Coulter Boulevard,
and a site plan for a 113,600 square feet office-industrial-warehouse buildings (Steiner Building 2).
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On July 28, 1997, the City Council approved the following: the ordinance for PUD #92-6
rezoning approximately 154 acres from Agricultural Estate, A2, to Planned Unit Development,
PUD, and the PUD #92-6 granting final plat approval for Arboretum Business Park.
On June 23,1997, the City Council approved a Resolution that the AUAR be revised to
incorporate the summary of issues and mitigation plan contained in this staff report, that the
revisions to the Traffic Study prepared by SRF outlined in the staff report be incorporated into
the study, and that the revised AUAR be adopted by the City.
On May 27, 1997, the City Council approved the following:
Approved the first reading for rezoning the property from Agricultural Estate, A2, to
Planned Unit Development, PUD.
Approved the preliminary PUD #92-6 for an office/industrial business park and preliminary
plat approval for 12 lots, two outlots and associated right-of-way subject to the plans dated
April 4, 1997, revised May 23, 1997,with conditions.
The City Council approved Wetland Alteration Permit for Gateway Business Park subject
to the conditions of preliminary'PUD #92-6 approval.
The City Council approved Interim Use Permit #97-1 for Gateway West Planned Unit
Development site subject to conditions.
APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
Section 20-106 through 20-122, Site Plan Review
Chapter 20, Division 7, Design Standards for Commercial, Industrial and Office-Institutional
Developments
Arboretum Business Park Development Standards
GENERAL SITE PLAN/ARCHITECTURE
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The applicant is proposing a one-story commercial-officè building to be used as a child daycare
center. The primary building material is brick veneer with horizontal siding on the gable ends.
The roof is pitched 6/12. A bell tower is located above the entry canopy. The building must
comply with the Arboretum Business Park design standards and the Design Standards for
Commercial, Industrial and Office-Institutional Developments.
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ARCHITECTURAL COMPLIANCE
Size, portion, placement
The entry is oriented toward Century Boulevard, which is the primary street for the
development. The building is articulated with an entrance canopy and multiple windows and
doors. The roof gable ends add architectural detail to the elevations.
Material and detail
High quality materials - accent material may occupy up to 15 percent of the building's façade.
The applicant is proposing a brick veneer exterior as well as the horizontal, cement fiber
siding that comply with the material requirements.
Color
The reddish brown brick with the sandy horizontal siding with white trim and charcoal
shingles create a harmonious color pallet. The proposed building will complement the
architecture and materials of the US Bank building to the east.
Height and Roof Design
Height is limited to 3 stories or 40 feet in the Overlay District otherwise they must be
consistent with the underlying district. The height of the building is one story.
Pitched roofs shall have a minimum roof pitch of 1 foot of rise to every 4 feet of run.
The proposed roof pitch is 6/12. Each building shall have more than one pitched
element. The building has multiple pitched elements. Mechanical equipment
screened via the sloped roof parapet.
Facade transparency
50 percent of the first floor elevation that is viewed by the public shall include
transparent windows and/or doors. All other areas shall include landscaping material
and architectural detailing and articulation. The northern elevation of the building
needs to add 23.16 feet of windows and/or doors. The south elevation ofthe building
must add one additional window.
Site Furnishing
Community features may include: landscaping, lighting, benches, tables. Due to the
use of the site for a daycare, there are multiple site furnishings. However, the
developer needs to add parking facilities for bicycles.
Loading areas, refuse area, etc.
Screening of service yards, refuse and waste removal, other unsightly areas and truck
parking/loading areas. The trash enclosure is located in the northeast comer of the
building. It is designed to architecturally blend in with the building.
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Landscaping
The site has been previously farmed and more recently used as a dirt stockpile area.
Site landscaping will enhance the appearance of the property. Landscaping shall
comply with the city's landscaping ordinance.
Lot Frontage and Parking location
One row of parking is being provided along the eastern portion of the building.
All parking and building areas meet setback requirements.
COMPLIANCE TABLE
PUD
KinderCare
Building Height
3 stories
1 story
Building Setback
N - 70' Max. 150' E - 0'
W - 0' S - 30'
N - 110' E - 56.8'
W - 49' S - 194.7'
Parking stalls
30 stalls
34 stalls
Parking Setback
N - 50' E - 0'
W - 0' S - 20'
N - 50' E - 0'
W - 141' S - 33'
Hard surface
coverage
70%*
45%
Lot Area
1 acre
I.S1 acres
* The development may average 70% impervious surface over the entire project. Individual lots
may exceed the 70% coverage.
Variances Required - none
Parking Standards: Daycare requires 1 parking stall for each 6 children of the design capacity.
Building design for 179 children which equals 30 parking stalls. The applicant has provided 34
spaces.
LANDSCAPING
Minimum requirements for landscaping include 1,224 sq. ft. of landscaped area around the
parking lot,S trees for the parking lot, and buffer yard plantings along Highway 5 and
neighboring property lines. The applicant's proposed as compared to the requirements for
landscape area and parking lot trees is shown in the following table.
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Required Proposed
Vehicular use landscape area 1,224 sq. ft. >1,224 sq. ft.
Treesllandscape area 5 canopy trees 5 canopy trees
Hwy.5 4 canopy trees 4 canopy
Buffer yard B - 185' 7 understory trees 7 understory
15' width 11 shrubs 25 shrubs
West property line 4 canopy tree 4 canopy trees
Buffer yard A - 435' 9 understory trees 8 understory
15' width 9 shrubs o shrubs
South property line 5 canopy trees 5 canopy trees
1 tree per 30'
The applicant meets minimum requirements for all plantings except the understory and shrub
requirements along the west property line. According to ordinance, vehicular use areas shall be
fully screened from the street. The applicant shall accomplish this by including berms within the
north landscape area.
GRADING. DRAINAGE & EROSION CONTROL
The plans propose to grade the site for the new building pad of 970.25 in elevation and a
proposed parking lot. At this elevation, stormwater from the building and parking lot will drain
toward the proposed catch basins and be conveyed via storm sewer to the existing storm sewer.
Prior to final platting, storm sewer design data for a lO-year, 24-hour storm event will need to be
submitted for staff review.
Staff recommends that Type II silt fence be used along the grading areas. No erosion control is
needed on the west side of the site. The applicant should be aware that any off-site grading will
require an easement from the appropriate property owner.
UTILITIES
Municipal sewer and water service is available to the site from stubs on the south side of the lot.
The watermain and municipal sewer lines will be considered private utility lines since they will
serve only one lot.
The site has previously been assessed for utilities. However, the sanitary sewer and water
hookup charges will still be applicable for the new lot. The 2002 trunk hookup charge is $1,383
for sanitary sewer and $1,802 for watermain. Sanitary sewer and watermain hookup fees may be
specially assessed against the parcel at the time of building permit issuance.
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All of the utility improvements are required to be constructed in accordance with the City's latest
edition of Standard Specifications and Detail Plates. Permits from the appropriate regulatory
agencies will have to be obtained, including but not limited to the Watershed District.
STREETS
No public streets are proposed as part of this project. The applicant is proposing full access to
the site from both the future public road on Outlot B and from Century Boulevard through the US
Bank site. As the two accesses will service the three lots, cross-access easements will need to be
obtained and recorded against the lots.
ACCESS
Access to the property will be provided from the local, public street to the south as well as via a
cross access easement with the properties to the east. The access from Century Boulevard may
be limited to a right-inlright-out if level of service standards for the access becomes unacceptable
or if excessive accidents occur. As part of the subdivision of the Arboretum Business Park 4th
Addition, the city is creating a condition that governs access to Century Boulevard. This
condition applies to the three lots of the Arboretum Business Park 4th Addition.
LIGHTING/SIGNAGE
The developer is proposing the use of 30 foot taillight poles with shoe box style fixtures. The
lights are to be similar to those in other parking areas within the development. The developer is
also proposing wall mounted lighting units. Such units must be directed to the ground and may
not be directly visible off-site. All lighting shall have a 90-degree cutoff angle.
The applicant is proposing monument signs on both Highway 5 and the local public street. Such
signage is permitted by the PUD design standards. Wall signage is being proposed on the
easterly building elevation. The logo within the signage may not occupy more than 15 percent of
the sign area. The logo on the east elevation appears to exceed this requirement. The applicant
will need to apply for a separate sign permit. All signage must contain individually dimensioned
letters. The sign detail must show the size of the elements of the sign, i.e., letter height, word
length, logo dimensions, etc.
SITE PLAN FINDINGS
In evaluating a site plan and building plan, the city shall consider the development's compliance
with the following:
(1) Consistency 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;
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(2) Consistency with this division;
(3) Preservation of 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;
(4) Creation of 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;
(5) Creation of functional and harmonious design for structures and site features, with
special attention to the following:
a. 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;
b. The amount and location of open space and landscaping;
c. 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
d. 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.
(6) Protection of 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.
Finding: Subject to the revisions contained in the staff report, the proposed site plan is
consistent with all plans and specifications, Design Standards for Commercial, Industrial
and Office-Institutional Developments and development design standards for the
Arboretum Business Park Planned Unit Development.
RECOMMENDA TION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt the following motion:
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"The Planning recommends approval of Site Plan #2002-5, shown on plans prepared by RLK,
dated May 17, 2002 subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant shall enter into a site plan agreement with the City and provide the
necessary security to guarantee erosion control, site restoration and landscaping.
2. The northern elevation of the building shall add 23.16 feet of windows and/or doors. The
south elevation of the building shall add one additional window.
3. A sidewalk and pedestrian ramp shall be added at the parking lot landscape island to
access a future sidewalk to the east.
4. A separate sign permit is required for all site signage.
5. Wall mounted lighting units must be directed to the ground and may not be directly
visible off-site. All lighting shall have a 90 degree cutoff angle.
6. The lot must be final platted into a Lot and Block prior to the issuance of the building
permit.
7. The applicant shall fully screen parking lots from adjacent roadways through the use of
berms.
S. The applicant shall increase landscape plantings in west buffer yard to meet minimum
requirements.
9. A lO-foot clear space must be maintained around fire hydrants, i.e., street lamps, trees,
bushes, shrubs, Qwest, Xcel Energy, Cable TV and transformer boxes. This is to ensure
that fire hydrants can be quickly located and safely operated by firefighters. Pursuant to
City of Chanhassen Ordinance #9-1.
10. Fire Marshal conditions:
a. When fire protection, including fire apparatus access roads and water supplies for fire
protection, is required to be installed, such protection shall be installed and made
serviceable prior to and during the time of construction. Pursuant to 1997 Minnesota
Uniform Fire Code Section 901-3.
b. On the utility plan, a wall mounted PlY is noted. The Chanhassen Fire Department
uses yard PlY s in lieu of wall mounted PlY s.
c. Please refer to Minnesota Uniform Fire Code Section 120S- Gates and Barriers for
requirements for the playground fence to be installed around the building. Gates shall
be installed in the fence to allow for evacuation from and around the building.
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d. Comply with the water service installation policy for commercial and industrial
buildings. Pursuant to Inspections Division Water Service Installation Policy #34-
1993.
e. Comply with the Chanhassen Fire Department/Fire Prevention Division regarding
maximum allowable size of domestic water on a combination water sprinkler supply
line. Pursuant to Chanhassen Fire Department/Fire Prevention Division Policy #36-
1994.
f. Comply with the Chanhassen Fire Department/Fire Prevention Division regarding
notes to be included on all site plans. Pursuant to Chanhassen Fire Department/Fire
Prevention Division Policy #4-1991.
11. Building Official conditions:
a. The building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in
the State of Minnesota.
b. The building is required to have an automatic fire sprinkler system.
c. Polyethylene pipe cannot be used for the storm sewer as indicated on the plans; use a
material approved by the Minnesota State Plumbing Code.
d. A complete code review of the building cannot be done until complete plans are
submitted.
e. The owner and/or their representative shall meet with the Inspections Division as
soon as possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures.
12. The applicant will be required to submit storm sewer sizing design data for a lO-year, 24-
hour storm event.
13. Type II silt fence be used. The applicant should be aware that any off-site grading will
require an easement from the appropriate property owner.
14. Installation of the private utilities for the site will require permits and inspections through
the City's Building Department.
15. Add City Detail Plate Nos. 1004,2110,3102,3106,5203,5300 and 5302.
16. The site has been previously assessed and each newly created lot will be subject to City
sanitary sewer and water hookup charges at the time of building permit issuance. The
2002 trunk utility hookup charges are $1,383 per unit for sanitary sewer and $1,802 per
unit for water.
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17. Permits from the appropriate regulatory agencies must be obtained, including but not
limited to the Watershed District.
IS. On the plan sheets revise the 20-foot public drainage and utility easement to a private
drainage and utility easement.
19. On the utility plan:
a. Show all the existing and proposed utility sewer type, size and class.
b. Revise the existing sewer flow direction.
20. On the grading plan:
a. Add CBMH 4 rim elevation.
b. Show the benchmark used for the site survey.
c. Revise construction entrance note from 50 feet to 75 feet minimum.
21. Cross-access easements for the shared driveway access must be obtained and recorded
against the lots. Access onto Century Boulevard shall be governed by the conditions of
the development contract for Arboretum Business Park 4th Addition."
ATTACHMENTS
1. Findings of Fact and Recommendation
2. Development Review Application
3. Project Narrative
4. Reduced Copy of Site Plan
5. Reduced Copy of Grading, Drainage and Erosion Control Plan
6. Reduced Copy of Landscape Plan
7. Reduced Copy of Building Elevation
S. Public Hearing Notice and Mailing List
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDA TlON
INRE:
Application of KinderCare Learning Centers and Steiner Development, Inc. for Site Plan
Review.
On June IS, 2002, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly schedule
meeting to consider the application of KinderCare Learning Centers and Steiner Development,
Inc. for a site plan review for a 10,434 square foot building on the property located at the
southwest corner of Highway 5 and Century Boulevard. The Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on the proposed site plan 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 Planned Unit Development, office industrial park.
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for office/industrial uses.
3. The legal description of the property is: lot 3, Block 1, Arboretum Business Park
4th Addition.
4. Section 20-110:
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(1) 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;
(2) Is consistent with this division;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) Creates a functional and harmonious design for structures and site features, with
special attention to the following:
a. 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;
b. The amount and location of open space and landscaping;
c. 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
d. 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.
(6) 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 #2002-5 Site Plan Review dated June IS, 2002, prepared by
Robert Generous, et all, is incorporated herein.
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RECOMMENDA TION
plan review.
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the site
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this lSth day of June, 2002.
CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
BY:
Its Chairman
ATTEST:
Secretary