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Mayor and City Council Planning Case No. 464-96 November 25, 1996 Page 2 • There are four sets of criteria which are to be used in evaluating this application. The first three are from the B-3 district and relate to motor vehicle and recreation equipment sales(Section 1114.04 Subd. 8), minor auto repair(Section 1114.04 Subd. 3), and car washes(Section 1114.04 Subd. 2). The criteria for granting of conditional use permits are listed in Section 1125.01 Subd. 3. These criteria have been listed in the proposed City Council Resolution No. 5042, along with suggested findings as to how the criteria have been met. The proposal represents an extension of the existing Saturn dealership. The applicant is maintaining the same architectural character in the building expansion as is in the original, and will be landscaping the added site area so the effect.will be one seamless development. All areas which are not in building or landscaping will be paved and the parking area will be bordered by a concrete curb. The site does not abut property in a residential district and therefore screening and buffering is not required. A landscaped area at least 10 feet in width is shown along all of the property lines. The landscape plan shows a row of Black Hills Spruce along the north property line of the added site area which matches the existing site. The frontage along Highway 10 will be sod as is the existing site. The percentage of the site in landscaping is increasing from 22.2%to 23.5%. The only outstanding issues concern drainage and review by Rice Creek Watershed District. The applicant has provided information on the anticipated direction of storm water flow through the parking lot, but not the relative volumes. In reviewing the plans and site conditions, the City Engineer feels more information is needed on how much water will be going to County Road H2 and to Highway 10, and believes that more water will be flowing to County Road H2 than has been the case in the past. The City Engineer wants to compare water volumes to the capacity of the storm drain in County Road H2. He feels that there is a simple • solution if there is insufficient capacity, and that is to place additional catch basins in the parking lot to direct water to Highway 10. A condition requiring further analysis of drainage prior to issuance of any grading or building permits has been put in the resolution. The project has been submitted to Rice Creek Watershed District and it will be on their agenda for a decision on November 27. A condition requiring the applicant to obtain a permit from the district, prior to issuance of any grading or building permits, is also in the resolution. Citizens living at 5290 Pinewood Court and 2287 County Road H2 attended the Planning Commission meeting on this application and expressed concerns with the lighting and the paging system. The lighting on the site and how the paging system is being used is in compliance with the Zoning Code and the original conditions on the original conditional use permit. In addressing citizen concerns, the City Council may want to ask the applicant, with the advent of more sophisticated individual belt pagers, whether these could be used to reduce or eliminate the need for loudspeakers. The light timers may also need to be checked and reset for standard time. Citizens also stated that when the original request was before City Council, they felt they had been promised by City Council that the dealership would not expand and that only oil changes and minor types of repairs would be done on this site. The Planning Commission deferred this concern to City Council. The applicant indicated that their request for expansion is prompted by customer demand and the success of their business. The Saturn dealership is an attractive and prosperous business, and serves as an important anchor in the Highway 10 corridor. i OvrAALL Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director