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NORTHWEST .ASSOCIATE!) CONSULTANTS, /NC. 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park. MN 55416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952.595.9837 ;Manners @nacelanning.corn MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: November 12, 2002 RE: Little Canada — Salvation Army Retail Store PUD Permit FILE NO: 758.09 - 02.30 Background and Analysis Salvation Army and Market Place Shopping Center are seeking approval of a PUD Permit to allow the occupancy of a portion of the shopping center by a Salvation Army "Family Store" retail facility. Planning staff has referred this application to the City based on our concern that some of the activities associated with the facility were not retail in nature, and would conflict with the commercial intent of the PUD District. Specifically, the applicants had originally sought to provide for drop off facilities stored outside the building. Staff was also concerned that the facility might be planned for extensive areas of sorting and "processing ", rather than retail use. The applicants have provided a preliminary floor plan that illustrates their intent to have limited accessory back -room storage related to the retail uses in the building, and have assured staff that the facility would not be used as a processing location. Collection items would be either prepared for sale on site, or would be shipped to other locations for further processing and distribution. The applicants have also dropped their request for an outdoor drop off facility. Some other Salvation Army locations provide a large secured box for donations on a 24 hour basis. Staff was concerned that such a facility would be inconsistent with the intent of the district, and that such operations would be difficult to police, resulting in junk or debris collecting around the container area overnight. Without the outdoor collection container, staff is less concerned with this issue.