#11 - Drake and DQ Preliminary Plat and PUD

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Electric Auto Sales & Service, Lake Elmo, MN February 28, 2023 DLR22002 3 Access Access to Lot 1, Block 1 will be directly from Hudson Boulevard. Access to lots in Block 2 will be provided from a private drive that extends north from Hudson Boulevard through the center of the site. The private drive will be designed to meet the City standards for local streets. Sales and storage lots are required to have access to a collector or higher classification street and the site complies as it will have access to Hudson Boulevard which is classified as a major collector in the Comprehensive Plan. The location where the private drive has access from Hudson Boulevard aligns with the approved access location in the Hudson Boulevard Design Standards. None of the lots north of Hudson Boulevard will have direct access from Hudson Boulevard. The Engineering Design and Construction Standards Manual requires a secondary access street for commercial developments with more than 124,000 square feet of sprinkled building area. The size of buildings for the three lots north of Hudson Boulevard will be restricted as to not exceed this standard. The heights of the building will also be restricted to a maximum of 30 feet. This item is discussed in further detail in the proposed buildings section below. Proposed Buildings The proposed Dairy Queen building on Lot 1, Block 1 is 2,875 square feet in size. The design of the Dairy Queen project will be completed by other applicants and no PUD flexibility is requested for that lot. The proposed electric auto dealership building for Lot 1, Block 2 is 50,527 square feet in size and will house electric auto sales, maintenance and showroom areas. A car wash is included within the maintenance area of the building; this is not a commercial car wash and will be used for maintenance of vehicle inventory. The proposed building complies with the required principal building setbacks for the Commercial district. The dealership building has a 107- foot setback from the west property line which abuts residential lots where a minimum 50-foot setback is required. PUD flexibility is requested to allow the trash enclosures for Lot 1, Block 2 within the 50-foot setback. The PUD flexibility is discussed further in this narrative. As noted in the prior section, providing a single access street to the site restricts the area north of Hudson Boulevard to a total of 124,000 square feet of sprinkled building area. A 50,527 square foot dealership building is proposed for Lot 1, Block 2. A combined 73,473 square feet of sprinkled building area to be permitted for Lots 2 and 3, Block 2. Plans conceptually show a 15,000 square foot building on Lot 2, Block 2 and a 58,000 square foot building on Lot 3, Block 2, which complies with the single-access building-area threshold. We understand that a condition of the PUD may restrict the building area and height for Lots 2 and 3, Block 2 so as not to exceed 124,000 square foot and 30 feet, respectively. Parking and Storage Lots The Zoning Ordinance requires 28 parking stalls for the drive-in fast food restaurant. The site plan for Dairy Queen on Lot 1, Block 1 provides 31 parking stalls in compliance with the parking standards. The site plan for Lot 1, Block 2 complies with the parking requirements for sales/customer service and outside sales/display areas for auto sale and service. Section 105.12.410 of the Zoning Ordinance requires 151 parking stalls for the auto sales and service use and 351 parking stalls have been provided. The parking/storage lot for the auto sales and service will be used for customer and employee parking and for display and storage of vehicle inventory. The site plan identifies areas proposed for customer and employee parking. The parking lot complies with the 35-foot setback requirement from residential property to the west. Parking proposed along the front property line with Hudson