15-21 Findings of FactCITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE: Application of Randy Schold —Planning Case No. 2015-21, Gateway Medical Building.
Request for Site Plan approval for the construction of a 4,300 square -foot medical office building
located east of West 79th Street, north of Highway 5, west of Highway 101 and south of Twin
Cities and Western Railroad, and an off -premise directional sign located at the northeast
intersection of Great Plains Boulevard and West 79' Street.
On November 17, 2015, he Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application of Randy Schold for a Medical Building. The Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed development 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 Highway and Business Services District, BH.
1. The property is guided in the Land Use Plan for Commercial.
2. The legal description of the property is Lot 2, Block 1, Gateway East 2°a Addition.
3. hi evaluating a site plan and building plan, the city shall consider the development's
compliance with the following:
a. 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.
b. Consistency with this division.
c. 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 areas.
d. 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.
e. Creation of 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.
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. 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: The proposed development is consistent with the City's design requirements,
the comprehensive plan, the zoning ordinance, the design standards, and the site plan
review requirements. Staff is recommending approval of the request with conditions.
The site design is compatible with the surrounding developments. It is functional and
harmonious with the area.
Staff regards the project as a reasonable use of the land. The overall design is sensitive to
the city's image. Based upon the foregoing, staff is recommending approval of the site
plan with conditions outlined in the staff report.
4. The planning report #2015-21 dated November 17, 2015, prepared by Sharmeen Al-Jaff et al,
is incorporated herein.
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the proposed development
including Site Plan Approval for the construction of 4,300 square -foot medical office building
located east of West 79b Street, north of Highway 5, west of Highway 101 and south of Twin Cities
and Western Railroad, and an off -premise directional sign located at the northeast intersection of
Great Plains Boulevard and West 79d' Street.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 17`h day of November 2015.
CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
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Its Chairman