06-12-2014 Planning Comm. Agenda

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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: June 6, 2014 RE: Little Canada — HOM Furniture PUD Amendments FILE NO: 758.09 — 14.07 Background and Analysis The owners of HOM Furniture are proposing amendments to their PUD approval that would allow a series of changes to their site. The property is currently occupied by a Dock 86 store and a significant amount of warehousing that the owners use in support of their other retail locations. As a part of this amendment, the applicants would eliminate the general warehousing and replace it with retail floor space, introducing their primary brands to the site, including HOM Furniture, Gabberts Furniture, and their related Sleep Express and Seasonal Concepts retailers. The building would be expanded slightly along the western edge to allow a customer pick-up facility adjacent to the 2 door dock area. The exterior of the building would be remodeled to account for the new branding, with HOM occupying the northeast corner facings of the building, and Gabberts along the north wall. Most of the false dock doors that were applied for the Dock 86 project would be removed, with the exception of a few that are related to the remaining Dock 86 access on the east -facing wall of the building. The applicants propose to make some changes to their allowances for signage and display. These are summarized as follows: • Temporary Sign Size — Up to 200 square feet (no change). • Temporary Sign Duration — 65 days per year, proposing 120 days during construction.