12-14-2014 Planning Comm. Agenda

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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4500 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners(Nnacplanning.corn MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: December 5, 2014 RE: Little Canada — Rezoning of 477 Little Canada Rd — B-2 to B-3 (former Norm's Tire property) FILE NO: 758.09 — 14.27 Background and Analysis Creative Catering is seeking approval of a rezoning of the former Norm's Tire property to accommodate the reuse of the building as a catering business location. The current zoning designation on the property is B-2, Auto -Oriented Business. The applicant is seeking a change to B-3, General Business. The B-3 district allows (among many others) the follow uses as permitted uses: m Bakery goods and baking of goods for retail sales on the premises. • Restaurants (full service), cafes, caterers, on and off -sale liquor As such, rezoning to B-3 would then allow catering and food preparation for retail sales as a permitted use. The applicants propose to make changes to the exterior of the building only to the extent of removing some of the overhead doors, replacing those areas with materials similar to the existing exterior. More significant modifications are proposed to the interior, necessary to change the use from an automotive service facility to a food service production business. The applicants would install a variety of new equipment related to their business and make cosmetic improvements to the existing facility. The applicants indicate that the use would operate generally between 6:00 a.m. and midnight, with up to 30 employees. They make deliveries of their products throughout the day, and take deliveries of new food products in the early morning hours, generally 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. 7