Laserfiche WebLink
NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 <br />Telephone: 952.595.9636 Facsimile: 952.595.9837 planners@nacplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: November 13, 2003 <br />RE: Little Canada -Valor Enterprises CUP Amendment <br />FILE NO: 758.09 - 03. <br />-The Planning Commission tabled action on this request at the October meeting to <br />permit adequate time for the City Engineer to investigate drainage in the area. The <br />request is, essentially, to relocate the sales lot from the back area of the site to the front, <br />reduce the parking requirement, and increase the number of vehicles allowed in the <br />outdoor storage area. The applicants had indicated that flooding on the site was <br />keeping them from putting the site to use as had been planned. <br />The Engineer's report is attached to the Planning Commission's agenda packet. In that <br />report, the Engineer indicates that flooding on the site could be controlled by some <br />grading changes to the lot. Because the applicant had not paved the sales area as <br />originally required by the CUP approval, there would appear to be an opportunity to <br />regrade the site without compromising too much of the existing investment. <br />As a result, planning staff does not recommend approval of the amendment. The <br />parking requirement, as stated in the original staff report, is 30 spaces. Even though <br />this applicant may not need this number, it would be imprudent to reduce the parking <br />and allow an over-development of the site, considering that a f! ~ture user may have <br />need for more. The City has a clause in its zoning ordinance that permits "proof of <br />parking" in which future parking area may be "saved" as landscaped area until it is <br />shown that additional parking is necessary. <br />With regard to the storage area, it would appear that if arranged as an angled parking <br />lot, four rows of storage could be provided with one-way drive aisles serving them. This <br />would permit a total of about 12 cars per row, or a maximum storage capacity of about <br />