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• AGENDA ITEM V.E.2 STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson MEETING DATE: September 14, 2005 TOPIC: Public Hearing — Conditional Use Permit Final Plan Betty's Pies Legacy at Woods Edge BACKGROUND The Hartford Group has applied for a Planned Unit Development final plan for a single tenant restaurant within the Legacy at Wood's Edge project located on the southeast quadrant of Interstate 35W and Lake Drive. The final plan consists of the building plans for the restaurant building as well as the final plat for the lot (Village No. 4). *Betty's Pies is a full service restaurant that meets the intent of the city's vision for a family oriented, neighborhood gathering place in the new mixed use downtown. Owners Marti Sieber and Carl Ehlenz run the Two Harbors, Minnesota, destination restaurant and this will be their first expansion into the metro area. ANALYSIS Planned Unit Development Betty's Pies Site Plan is located in a Commercial Land Use Area and takes up both lot 3 and part of lot 4 in Block A (according to the land use plan of the Lino Lakes Town Center Design & Development Guide). Acceptable Building Type is Commercial with an overall acceptable density of 6,700 SF minimum and 20,100 SF maximum. Building Floor print requirement is 6,700 SF. Minimum number of floors for all uses is one and maximum number of floors for commercial is 3. The overall area of the building will be 7,935 square feet. The majority of the building itself is single story, with the exception of an office area which is located over the center section of the building. The minimum height requirement of 20 feet is being met along the entire building. The guidelines also require that a minimum of 70 % of the building is constructed along the `build to line' for this block. The proposed building conforms to this requirement. The layout generally follows the original Legacy at Wood's Edge layout, with the exception of the combination of lots 3, 4, and 5 to create two lots. The main entry of the building will be from the parking lot, which is atypical for this type of urban development. However, the plaza that is being proposed in combination with the NI/outdoor dining area and the walkway from the street into the site has been determined to sufficiently act as an