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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS INC. MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission, Mayor and City Council FROM: Brad Nielsen DATE: 24 February 1981 RE: C.U.B. Foods - Proposed Meat Department Addition FILE NO: 758.09 (81.08) BACKGROUND Mr. Merrill Sundholm has submitted plans for a new addition to the C.U.B. Foods store located on Minnesota Avenue, east of Rice Street. The new addition is proposed for the north side of the existing building and will be used for expanding the meat processing and preparation department (see Exhibit A, attached). The proposed addition is to be of concrete block construction, one story in height, measuring 14' -8" by 56' -0 ", and containing approximately 821 square feet of gross floor area (see Exhibit B, attached). ISSUES AND ANALYSIS 1. Building Requirements. The proposed addition is well within the setback require- ments of the Zoning Ordinance. While 20 feet is required for a rear yard, the proposed addition will be approximately 43 feet from the rear property line. 2. Parking Requirements. As mentioned in our previous staff report, dated 9 February 1981, existing parking on the site amounts to 189 spaces. The store as it currently exists requires 168 spaces (including the recent bakery and office additions). Since the proposed addition does not constitute sales area, the parking requirement is one space per 500 square feet. Consequently, two additional spaces are required for the 821 square feet of area, bringing the number of required spaces to 170. As such, existing parking still exceeds required parking by 19 spaces. It should be noted that the 189 existing spaces do not include additional leased parking to the east of the site nor the newly blacktopped area to the northeast. 38 4820 minnetonka boulevard, suite 420 minneapolis, mn 55416 612/925 -9420