12/12/2007 P&Z Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

• Main Street Village page 8 phasing of development on the site is important because this route is important for the overall circulation of the site. It should be built with phase one. • Lino Lakes has a joint powers agreement with Anoka County that limits the number of accesses that will be allowed on Otter Lake Road (Co. Rd. 84) between Main Street. and Cedar Street. We can have a total of six driveways and three roads. There are five driveways now and two roads. We would prefer to use the allocation wisely. We have suggested that the new southern access on this development site be planned to allow for access to the City's water tower. This would allow the elimination of the existing water tower driveway onto Otter Lake Road: the water tower driveway would be on the new access `road'. An easement to allow City access to the private road is needed. • After meeting with the applicants, we received a sketched revision to the October plans. This shows a reconfiguration to the access to the large retail site. Access to the coffee shop drive through windows would be through the lot's parking lot exclusively. That is, vehicles could not turn west out of the southern gas station driveway to go to the drive through window. This is an improvement to circulation in this location. Coffee window patrons would not be held up by vehicles leaving the gas station, which in turn would need to wait for vehicles stacked at the southbound stop sign. Parking: The site plans show the lot layouts and parking. The zoning ordinance does allow for a reduction in the number of required parking stalls if the applicant demonstrates through a peak parking analysis that the peak demand is less than the normally required number of stalls. A peak parking analysis submitted with the October submittal seems to support the reduced number of parking stalls. The analysis does not address the gas station/car wash lot, so we have to look at that lot by itself and need to ascertain how much square footage should be included in a parking calculation. In addition, there is some reduction of parking on L2 B2 if it is revised as shown in the November e- mailed revision. We are examining the submittals and will discuss the peak parking analysis further with the applicant's consultant. Buildings: The proposal includes four buildings on four separate lots. All the buildings are attractive with brick, rock face block, stucco, EIFS, and metal peaks. A variety of colors and design elements are proposed. The original submittal in May included "Architectural Design Criteria." These are a very good basis for the project. There are a few revisions that would be needed to comply with the City's architectural requirements for commercial buildings. •Lot 1, Block 1, Retail (sheet A2): The proposed 6500 sf retail building includes rock face block and precolored 4" block along with EIFS. We have no colors for this building, which must be supplied. The tallest parapet on this building is 22' high. The building was revised since the first submittal to include glass on the north elevation and we have colors now. The colors and materials establish a visual base - middle -top. The trash location is connected to the building. *Lot 2, Block 1. McDonald's (sheets A2.0, A2.1): The proposed McDonald's building has face brick and EIFS. The brick colors are a typical brick red with dark forest