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Staff Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends approval of both variances for the following reasons: <br />1. This property is exceptional in that it shares a parking pact with a nearby property, whose <br />variances depend upon that agreement. No redevelopment of the site can proceed without the <br />cooperation of both owners on parking, vehicle access, landscaping and other issues. That <br />cooperation has been achieved in this plan. <br />2. It would be difficult or impossible for any restaurant to satisfy all zoning requirements on the two <br />lots that do not belong to Falcon Crossing. A balance between landscaping and required parking <br />makes some kind of variance inevitable on this property for this permitted use. <br />3. If the restaurant met the lot coverage and all setback requirements, they would not be able to meet <br />the parking requirements, which would have a much greater impact on the neighborhood. <br />4. Staff and City consultants have worked with the applicants to modify a plan that originally <br />required up to four variances. This plan represents a substantial effort to come as close as <br />possible to the letter of the code while still meeting the needs of a permitted business. <br />5. The plan as submitted is no less in compliance with the City code than the existing conditions on <br />the property, and in fact represents some improvement. In particular, the proposed plan includes <br />substantial improvement in handicapped parking and safe access to the building from that <br />parking. <br />' Attachments• <br />• Site Plan with demolition 1 <br />( pan, landscape plan, drainage plan) <br />Concept Drawing <br />Variance Application <br />Consultant report on the original (unmodified) preliminary site plan. <br />Memo from City Building Official Steve Westerhaus regarding parking and access <br />Letter to property owners within 350 feet (delivered on or about May 17, 2003) and to residents in the <br />northeast quadrant of the city, including a copy of the legal notice and the original preliminary <br />site plan. <br />Copy of definition of "Eating Place" from the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification Manual <br />Action Requested: <br />Recommend approval of Resolution 03-_ to the City Council, approving the following requested <br />variances for a new Dino's Restaurant at 1700 Snelling Avenue: <br />1. A variance of 10.9 feet in front setback <br />2. A variance to allow 91.4% impervious coverage where the requirement is 75%. <br />• <br />Staff Report: Dino's Restaurant May 23, 2003 Page 4 of 4 <br />