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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 65416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile 952.595.9837 piannersCnacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: July 3, 2003 RE: Little Canada — Schroeder /Aldi Final Plat FILE NO: 758.09 - 03.23 The owners fo the Aldi Foods and Schroeder properties along Rice Street are seeking a revision to their final plat to create an outlot along the south side of the Aldi Foods parking lot. The outlot follows the alignment of a new access driveway that will serve both the Aldi Foods and the Bally facility to the west. At the time of the City Council's approval of the Aldi project, the Council added a condition of approval that the Bally's pylon sign along Rice Street be brought into conformance as it was allowed to be constructed on a parcel separate from the Bally's building. The applicant's proposal is to create an outlot separate from the Aldi parcel, and combine it with the Bally's parcel, curing the non - conformity. The replat does not affect the function of the site, or change the site plan in any way. However, there are two potential issues raised by this proposal. First, the Council's intention to correct the off -site sign condition did not include direction as to how this might be accomplished. An alternative would be to require the sign to be moved to the existing Bally's property, rather than to re- subdivide. The initial sign construction was for a 67 square foot sign that was allowed off -site through the use of a Conditional Use Permit PUD. The staff report at the time (October, 1998) indicated that the City might use the PUD to restrict or limit additional signage along Rice Street, anticipating that the Bally sign would be permanently located in its current spot. The second issue relates to the recording of the plat, and the possibility that Ramsey County may not allow the property owner (Schroeder) to combine the Outlot A from this plat with the unplatted parcel occupied by Bally's. In this case, the applicants will need to plat the Bally's site together with the new Outlot to combine the parcels.