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Main Street Village <br />page 14 <br />The ordinance requires that at least 25% of the lot used exclusively for the gas sales facility <br />shall be landscaped. The car wash is on the same parcel, so some judgment will be needed. <br />However, we do not have landscaped area percentages for each lot, so we will need this data <br />for Lot 1, Block 2. <br />The CUP standards for a motor fuel station include several access and circulation <br />requirements. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic <br />movement. The site design must accommodate adequate turning radius and vertical clearance <br />for a semi - trailer truck. The P & Z noted during the concept review discussion that truck <br />circulation requires attention. Truck circulation on the site is still unresolved. This must be <br />addressed. <br />Car Wash: The CUP requirements for a commercial car wash are listed in Section 7, Subd. <br />3.H.3. To summarize: <br />a. The site will be served by sanitary sewer. <br />b. The architecture is consistent with the surrounding buildings. <br />c. Stacking space must accommodate the number of cars that can be washed in 30 <br />minutes. We will need to ascertain this information. <br />d. Landscaping along residential property is not an issue on this site. <br />e. Screening of stacked cars from residential property is not an issue on this site. <br />f. The site will be paved according to typical City requirements. <br />g. The drainage of the area must meet City requirements, including the AUAR mitigation <br />plan. <br />h. Lighting effects on abutting residential properties is not an issue on this site, but <br />lighting fixtures must meet City requirements. <br />i. Vehicular access to the car wash is through the gas station site. As long as that is <br />resolved, there are no car wash access problems. <br />j. The site is next to an interstate freeway and an interchange with county state aid <br />highway. Car wash noise is not an issue. <br />Note: The January 3 submittal shows a redesign of the car wash site. Additional parking has <br />been added on the west side of the car wash and the new plan shows a single bay wash rather <br />than a double bay. <br />Outdoor Seating, Lot 2, Block 1 (McDonald's) and Lot 2, Block 2 (retail building): The <br />Zoning Ordinance requires a CUP for "restaurants with accessory outdoor dining facilities" in <br />Section 7, Subd. 3.H.12. The ordinance does not distinguish between outdoor seating areas <br />where full service is provided at the tables and outdoor seating where the patrons purchase <br />food inside and bring it outside and eat. The report for the December P & Z meeting included <br />this issue and recommended that the P & Z discuss the CUP requirements just to ensure the <br />issues are formally considered and addressed. The Board decided that in its view the City <br />should not require Conditional Use Permits for the outdoor seating at McDonald's or a coffee <br />shop that does not include waiter /waitress service. This is allowable under a Planned Unit <br />Development, whose is intended to promote "a desirable and creative environment that might <br />be prevented through the strict application of City zoning and subdivision regulations." <br />• <br />• <br />