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Item No: 7A Meeting Date: September 22, 2008 Type of Business: Public Hearing Administrator Review: __________ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing - Consideration of a Major Subdivision and Amendment to the “Mermaid” Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Allow for Retail Uses Planning Cases MA2008-001 and PA2008-001 Introduction: Charlie and Dan Hall, owners and representatives of The Mermaid, have applied for a major subdivision to create a new 1.4 acre parcel from their existing 9.36 acre site. They also have requested an amendment to the Mermaid property Planned Unit Development (PUD). This PUD is on the northwest corner of County Highway 10 and County Road H and currently only allows for bowling lanes, hotel, banquet center, night club and lounge, and restaurant uses. The Halls are requesting an amendment to their PUD to add retail as an allowed use. Their intention is to sell the proposed 1.4 acre lot to a developer who plans to build a small retail center. Major Subdivision Discussion: Comprehensive Plan: The 1998 Comprehensive Plan Existing Land Use Map shows the County Highway 10 and County Road H corner as four parcels, thus was the case until 2000 when the Mermaid purchased the Rent-All building and the four existing parcels were replatted for the hotel addition and rezoned to a PUD. The 1998 Future Land Use map designates the entire Mermaid corner as Regional Commercial PUD, and staff is proposing to keep this designation in the 2008 Comprehensive Plan update. The proposed subdivision would be consistent with that designation and consistent with the goals and policies as articulated in the Land Use section of the Comprehensive Plan. Drainage Plan: In 2002, a new regional stormwater pond was constructed along County Road H, at the southeast corner of the Edgewood Middle School property that would treat the stormwater runoff for the Mermaid, along with several other nearby properties and the completed County Road H reconstruction. It can be assumed that little additional stormwater treatment would be required by Rice Creek Watershed District for this subdivision or when a new building is constructed since no additional impervious surface would be added. When a development review for the new retail center is applied for, the applicant will need to have their plans approved by Rice Creek Watershed District. Easements: The City’s Subdivision Code requires that plats dedicate perimeter drainage and utility easements for each lot in the subdivision. This plat already has the required perimeter easements around the current Mermaid property, and staff does not believe that adding additional easements along the two new property lines running through the parking lot are necessary.