#11 - Drake and DQ Preliminary Plat and PUD

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Electric Auto Sales & Service, Lake Elmo, MN February 28, 2023 DLR22002 12 (1) The proposed use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, or general welfare of the neighborhood or the city. The auto dealership and service will not be detrimental or endanger the safety, comfort or welfare of the neighborhood or the city. (2) The use or development conforms to the city comprehensive plan. The auto dealership and service is proposed for a lot that is guided and zoned Commercial. The proposed development conforms with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. (3) The use or development is compatible with the existing neighborhood. The auto sales and service dealership is compatible with the existing neighborhood. Adjacent residential developments are high density and provide an appropriate transition between commercial and lower density residential areas. The dealership will add to existing commercial and retail developments at the northwest corner of the I-94 interchange. The proposed use is likely to have a positive effect in the surrounding commercial area with the investment that is put into developing the property and providing access to additional commercial lots. (4) The proposed use meets all specific development standards. The proposed use complies with all specific development standards, including additional standards for sales and storage lots and automobile maintenance services. (5) If the proposed use is in a floodplain management or shore land area, the proposed use meets all the standards. The auto dealership and service is not located in a floodplain management or shoreland area. (6) The proposed use will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained so it will not change the essential character of that area. The auto dealership and service will be constructed to a high standard of design. Stucco facades and parapets break up the mass of the building. Glazed glass and accented metal panels mark the entrance which faces towards Hudson Boulevard. The dealership will be maintained as a sales lot and servicing facility and is not anticipated to have any negative effect on the essential character of the area. (7) The proposed use will not be hazardous or create a nuisance to existing or future neighboring structures. The proposed use will not be hazardous or create a nuisance to existing or future neighboring structures. The facility will also sell and service electric vehicles which do not use carburetor engines or exhaust systems. Electric vehicles are mostly silent. (8) The proposed use will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, including streets, police and fire protection, drainage structures, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems and schools or will be served adequately by such facilities and services provided by the persons or agencies responsible for the establishment of the proposed use.