01-09-2003 Planning Comm. Agenda

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City of Little Canada December 13, 2002 Planning Commission and City Council 515 Little Canada Rd. Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 Honorable Commissioners and Council, This application is being made to the City of Little Canada to alter our Conditional Use Permit for the Cinder's Flower Mart at the Little Canada Market Place Center at 2900 Rice St. Our previous CUP was approved by Little Canada on Februazy 24, 1993. Since that time we have operated the Plower Mart for ten years. During that time we have served many customers, residents of this city and others. We have heard many excellent comments about Cinder's, our products and especially the quality of our staff and its customer service. The CUP now needs to be amended due to the construction of the Snyder's Drug Store in the location we had been using. I have had conversations with the owner, Robert Grootwassink in regards to moving the Flower Mart to another site on his property. We have examined the lot and have proposed moving the Flower Mart to a place on the eastern portion of the lot. In choosing a site we have tried to evaluate many things which may be affected by each location. We have chosen the site shown on the attached diagram as the best site for now and into the future. It is away from the front of the center far enough to allow parking for the other merchants. Utilities are fairly close and accessible. It has good visibility from all areas of the lot, although certainly not as good as the original site. I have attached several drawings showing the Flower Mart, its location, floor plan and surrounding patio display areas. The Flower Mart is substantially similar to the previous location except some adjustments to it size, which are shown. I am also including in this Letter of application other pertinent information you may need within this approval process. I can safely say that in our ten years here we have not heard a complaint of any type and we have tried very hard to be an excellent business for this community and are eager to continue serving all of our customers in Little Canada. ABOUT CINDER'S: Cinder's is a family business and has been growing and selling high quality flower and vegetable plants for over 90 years. We grow most everything we sell other than nursery stock, some perennials, and specialty items, and have two large growing locations: St. Paul and Lake Elmo. J"~eGddti~GGl~ /~ ~L'~GL~d /~2c~~~jddfl.°C~t '~d~$..GG~