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6.4. SR 05-21-2001City MEMORANDUM Item # 6.6. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Scott Harlicker, Senior Plann~ May 2 I, 2001 Case No. CU 0 I- 15 Request by lSD #728 for Conditional Use Permit to Construct Expansion To Parker Elementary School Request The Elk River School District is requesting a conditional use permit for a 6,810 square foot expansion to Parker Elementary School. Location 500 School Street Zoning I Land Use R Ic (Single Family Residential) / MR (Medium Density Residential) Attachment Location map Site plan Memo from the City Engineer Letter from applicant Overview The Elk River School District is requesting a conditional use permit for a 6,810 square foot expansion to Parker Elementary School. The proposed expansion is divided into Memo to Mayor and City Council/CU 01-15 Mayl 2 I, 200 I Page 2 two separate areas. Area A is a 2,310 square foot expansion located on the north side of the building; it will include a music and bans room. The second addition, Area B, is a 4,500 square foot expansion located on the east side of the building; it will include additional classrooms. Site Plan The proposed expansion complies with the setback requirements and the lot coverage requirements on the R Ic zoning district. Parker Elementary School is located on the same 28-acre site as Lincoln Elementary School. Building Elevations The exterior elevations of the proposed expansion will be the same brick material as the existing building. Expansion area "A" is located in the back of the building and will not be visible from the street. Expansion area "B" located on the east end of the building is visible from School Street. Parking The parking lot for Parker Elementary School has 81 parking spaces. The parking requirement for elementary schools is 2 spaces for each classroom. The school has 3 I classrooms, including the proposed expansion areas. Therefore, the parking requirement for the school is 62 parking spaces. Landscapin_~ The ordinance requires 28 trees .The applicant will be given credit for existing 15 deciduous trees along School Street and 5 conifers along the west side of the parking lot.. The proposed landscape plan includes 8 Black Hills Spruce planted along the east side of the existing parking lot, 8 crab trees and 2 sugar maples are proposed along the front of the school. No new signage, other than parking lot directional signage, is proposed. There is an existing monument sign along School Street. Grading and Utilities No significant grading is proposed. The City Engineer will address any grading, drainage and utility issues in his memo. S:\PLAN N IN GLSCOTT'~cu01 - I 5cc.doc Memo to Mayor and City Council/CU 01 - 15 Mayl 2 I, 200 I Page 3 Planning Commission Meeting_ At the Planning Commission held on April 24th, no one spoke at the public hearing. The Commission raised no issues and recommended approval of the conditional use permit. Recommendation The Planning Commission and staff recommend that the City Council approve KKE's request for a conditional use permit for a 6,810 square foot expansion of Parker Elementary School with the following conditions: I. All comments of the City Engineer shall be addressed 2. The landscape plan shall comply with the requirements in the Landscape Ordinance. S:\PLAN NINGLSCOTT~cu01 - I 5cc.doc ORONO PARK City of River 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330 LOCATION MAP CASE: CU 00-15 Howard R, Green Oornpany Apdl 16, 2001 File: 813370J-0601 Ms. Michele McPherson Director of Planning City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: lSD #728 BUILDING EXPANSIONS Dear Ms. McPherson: We have reviewed the preliminary plans for Independent School District #728's proposed expansions to the Elk River Senior High School and Parker Elementary School. From a drainage standpoint, neither of these proposed expansions require any additional drainage improvements and, in fact, the expansion to the Senior High School will arguably improve the drainage situation. The expansion at the front of the High School will take an area that was essentially impervious and ran overland to School Street and turn it into rooftop which will be picked up in a storm drainage pipe and conveyed to the storm sewer system in School Street. Eliminating the ovedand flow from high intensity rainstorms may actually improve the situation along School Street. From a traffic standpoint, the proposed high school expansion will again improve the traffic flow along School Street. Currently, the High School has a small parking area directly in front of the school entrance with two access points along School Street. With the proposed expansion, this parking area will be eliminated. The access point will be made perpendicular to School Street and will be used solely for deliveries to the expanded school building. The westedy access point from t.he small parking area will be eliminated, thus cleaning up a confusing access point at School Street where two different driveways merge together. Other than these relatively minor items, we see no other issues with the City utilities and/or transportation system affected by these proposed expansions. If you have any questions regarding engineering issues dealing with the building expansion, please call. Sincerely, Howard R. Green Company Terry J. Maurer, P.E. TJM:tw O:\PROJ\813370j\0601\Ltr 04-16-01 McPherson.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive - St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389 KKE Korsunsky Krank Erickson Architects, Inc. 300 First Avenue Nortt~ Minneapolis. MN 55401-1681 612/339-4200 612/342-9267 FAX Memo randum Project: To: From: Date: Subject: Elk River Schools KKE No. 01-06-1092-01 Elk River Planning Commission and Planning Staff KKE Architects - representing Independent School District No. 728 March 20, 2001 Conditional Use Permit for Additions to Parker Elementary Please accept this narrative as application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). Elk River Independent School District No. 728 requests a CUP for two additions to Parker Elementary School, located at 500 School Street. According to the City of Elk River Zoning Ordinance Section 900.10, institutional uses within an area zoned as R-lC (Single Family Residential- Sewered) require a CUP. The first addition (Area A) is 2,310 square-feet, located at the north side of the building, and includes a music and band room. The second addition (Area B) is 4,500 square-feet, and is located on the east side of the building, including a Kindergarten classroom and two standard classrooms. The following is a summary for the planned improvements to Parker Elementary: Site Plan Setbacks The additions meet the required setbacks of 30 feet - front, 20 feet - rear, and 10- feet for side lots. Lot Coverage Parker Elementary is located on the same property as Lincoln Elementary and the High School. Jackson Avenue separates this property into two pieces. The Parker and Lincoln site is approximately 28 acres east of Jackson Avenue. West of Jackson Avenue, the High School site is about 24.6 acres. Architecture Planning Interior Design Property zoned R1-C is required to have maximum lot coverage of 25 percent. Parker Elementary will have a building footprint of 71,100 square feet, while Lincoln Elementary has a building footprint of 41,500 square feet. Combined, these properties account for 112,600 square feet, for a 9.3% lot coverage ratio (property size is 1,212,016 square feet or 27.82 acres). Parking Zoning Code Section 900.24 (Parking and Loading Regulations) requires two (2) parking stalls for each classroom. Parker Elementary has 31 classrooms, thus requiring 62 parking stalls. At this time, there are 73 parking stall within the east parking lot, 2 of which are handicap accessible. An additional 8 parking stalls are located in the entry drive, of which 2 are handicap accessible. The area west of the school is designated for bus loading. Landscape Plan Per Section 900.30 of the Zoning Ordinance, minimum landscaping shall be 1 tree per 40-linear feet of the property, using the front-yard frontage. After reviewing with planning staff, it was agreed to use one-half of the linear footage for our calculations, since the property also included Lincoln Elementary. Also, the total number of new landscape plantings may be reduced by the retention of existing trees, but may not exceed 50% credit. Signage The only new signage on the site will be new accessible entry signage for handicapped parking stalls. Grading Plan/Utility Plan The Parker Elementary site is rather flat at the site of the north addition, with a slight grade change at the site of the east addition. Spot elevations are noted on the site plan. /mlm Copy: ISD 778 R :~2001 \06-Education\ 1092XAdmin'uMe2001 \032001 mlmCUP-Parker, doc / / ! d / / / / i INDE.PENDENT SCHOOLDI, STRICT No:,'728. Lt.:-:. ~-.. : . ~ · ~.- ' =.-;' ..... (61~). 77~-602! .. J West, ~l~eertng Mpls, ~ 55430 (612) 569-2499 {612) 755-38OO~ Jones I~ter~ble \ \ \ \ \ / / / / ! I / / / · ~lk R~ver, ~ 55330 : i : (612) 441-2212' ..j ! Elk River, ~ 55330 ~ ~. ', recorded easement for said force · - u with LINCOLN ELEMENTARY / 1-S~ORY BRICK // PARKER ELEMENTARY 1-STORY BRICK STREET OLIVER a kssocIATE~. '"~ Ill ¸_5 __! i i ~.~-~JILD'IN6 D:.'CTI:3ACK LINI2 L~- ~QF'E~T¥ l. 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