Findings of Fact
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of Eden Trace Corporation for Site Plan Review for a 110,000 square-foot one-story
office warehouse building - Waytek, Inc.
On July 18,2006, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application of Eden Trace Corporation for a site plan review for a
110,000 square foot office-warehouse building on the property located at 2440 Galpin Court.
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, PUD.
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for office/industrial.
3. The legal description of the property is: Lot 3, Block 1, Chanhassen West Business Park,
Carver County, Minnesota and a portion of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Chanhassen West Business
Park, Carver County, Minnesota described as follows: All that part of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1,
Chanhassen West Business Park, north of the following described line: Beginning at the
northwest comer of Lot 2, Block 1, Chanhassen West Business Park, thence South 09 degrees
52 minutes 22 seconds east a distance of 93.52 feet to the point of beginning of the line to be
described, thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 58 seconds east a distance of 521.55 feet more
or less to the east lot line of Lot 1, Block 1, Chanhassen West Business Park, and there
terminating.
4. Site Plan Review Findings
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 or developing areas;
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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;
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. The proposed development 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 #06-27 dated July 18, 2006, prepared by Robert Generous, et aI, is
incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the site plan
reVIew.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 18th day of July, 2006.
CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
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