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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Mernorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners @nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener and Little Canada City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: April 20, 2007 RE: Little Canada — Oops Theatre PUD Permit FILE NO: 758.09 — 07. Background and Analysis Oops Theatre has applied for a PUD Permit to occupy a space within the Markeplace Shopping Center. The shopping center is zoned PUD — Planned Unit Development, which allows permitted and conditional uses from the City's commercial districts. The theatre proposes to occupy a space with relatively limited dinner seating, and would have access to entrance doors from both the front and rear of the Shopping Center. Parking would be available from both locations. The facility would be catered by the Little Venetian, including bar service. The Zoning Ordinance allows theatres as a commercial recreational use, and requires that any such use which includes alcohol service be allowed only by Conditional Use Permit in the B -3 zoning district. The PUD Permit serves as the CUP in such cases. The Planning Commission reviewed the request and recommended approval, with the condition that the applicants provide for direct access to the rear parking lot. Planning staff would add the recommendation that the facility includes directional signage that encourages use of the rear parking lot to avoid parking lot conflicts with the more traditional retail tenants. Summary and Recommendation The proposed dinner theatre is allowed in the zoning district via the PUD permit process. Planning staff and the Planning Commission recommend approval of the PUD permit, subject to the requirement that the applicant utilizes the rear parking lot of the shopping center with both direct access and directional signage. Pc: Kathy Glanzer Steve Westerhaus Lee Elfering