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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 14, 1999 CONCEPT Mr. Perry Linn appeared before the Commission and presented a concept PLAN - plan for the development of a Goodyear Tire Store on Rice Street just GOODYEAR south of the Gas -N -Go store at County Road C. Linn reported that the TIRE STORE property included in just proposal extends from the Gas -No -Go store south to the car wash site and the adjacent lot with the vacant building. Linn aplas indicated that the owners of the car wash would like to relocate the car wash at the back of the lot. Linn explained that the concept he is proposing would be for the car wash, tire store and Gas -N -Go to appear as an integrated development on one piece of property. The owners of the car wash support the concept. Linn reported, however, that he has not discussed the proposal with the other property owners. Keis informed Linn that this is not the type of development that the City has indicated it wants for this area in its Comprehensive Plan. Keis pointed out the large amount of parking proposed, and stated that he did not like seeing the corner turn into a huge parking lot. Keis felt that designing the site so that parking abuts Rice Street takes away from the development. Keis indicated that the first question is whether this use is appropriate for the site, and he felt it was probably not. Keis pointed out that auto - related uses would be more appropriate in the area of Highway 36 and Rice Street. Linn pointed out that there are already automotive uses in the area, pointing out the gas station/convenience stores, the car wash, the auto repair business. Keis noted that these uses have been in existence for a long time and continuing to add auto - related uses to the area was not a step forward. Linn asked what uses would be appropriate. The City Planner noted that the area is zoned General Business (B -3) which allows a broad range of business uses, but excludes auto service - type uses. The Comp Plan calls for B -2 uses to be located nearer to an interchange. Ideally, the types of uses the City would like to see in the Rice Street/County Road C area are office buildings or retail uses rather than additional auto - related uses. Linn indicated that the site could be designed so that the parking lot is at the back of the building. The development could have the appearance of a strip mall. Linn indicated that his business would require 25 parking Page 24