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• PLANNING COMMISSION MEMO To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Subject: Planning Case Nos. 461-96, 462-96, and 463-96 Mounds View Square Date: October 8, 1996 Meeting of October 9, 1996 Issue Mounds View Associates is requesting three types of approval for the Mounds View Square Shopping Center. Their overall proposal involves adding two dinner house style restaurants, expanding retail square footage and improving signage for Mounds View Square. The applications include: • • Case No. 461-96: a conditional use permit to allow joint parking facilities and driveways • Case No. 462-96: a variance request for the size and height of the shopping center identification sign • Case No. 463-96: a variance request in the parking ratios used for the shopping center Staff has prepared two reports to cover these three cases: one report regarding joint parking facilities and driveways, and the variance in parking ratios; and a second report for the variance in sign regulations. These reports are attached. Overview Mounds View Square is located on Highway 10 and is the largest shopping center in the City. It is a critical element in the Highway 10 corridor and to the City's economy. It is important that this shopping center remain healthy. The applicant is proposing a plan for the future expansion of the shopping center, closer to its ultimate configuration. This expansion includes removing the existing Bridgeman's Ice Cream Restaurant and the Hardee's Restaurant, and replacing them with larger dinner house style restaurants. The two existing restaurants occupy 7500 square feet. The proposed restaurants would occupy 12,000 square feet, or an increase of 6300 square feet. The expansion also involves adding approximately 5,000 square feet of retail space next to Mario's Video.