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Mounds View Planning Commission August 15, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Approve Minutes from July 18, 2001 Planning Commission Meeting MOTION/SECOND: Miller/Scotch to approve the July 18, 2001 meeting minutes as corrected. Ayes – 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Planning Case No. DE01-003 Planning Associate Atkinson explained the applicants, Dr. Bruce Schnabel and Dr. Kevin Barcus of the Mounds View Animal Hospital, have requested a development review to construct an animal hospital consisting of 5,086 gross square feet. He advised the Planning Commission that these applicants appeared previously for a rezoning to B-2 and conditional use permit which was tabled by the Council. He further explained the purpose of a development review is to allow the Planning Commission to evaluate the proposed development in terms of its consistency with City Codes and to ascertain and mitigate any potential impacts to the adjoining properties and the community as a whole. The Planning Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council, who then acts upon the request. Planning Associate Atkinson noted the proposed site for the new facility is an irregularly shaped lot recently rezoned B-2, Limited Business. The property is adjacent to the Silver Lake Commons apartments to the north, a residential neighborhood to the east, and the Mounds View Square shopping center to the south. County Highway 10 borders the property to the west. Mr. Atkinson reviewed the dimensional requirements as detailed in the staff report. He then presented the parking issues, noting that according to the City Code, Section 1121.13, animal hospitals require three (3) spaces plus one (1) space for each one hundred seventy five (175) square feet of floor area. The applicant’s proposed facility would be 5,086 gross square feet, and 4,317 square feet of usable space, which is typically used for calculating parking spaces. This calculation eliminates the width of exterior walls and mechanical areas within the structure. The required parking, based on usable square feet, is twenty-seven (27) spaces which would be provided. Planning Associate Atkinson explained that as shown on the site plan, two (2) access points to the site are proposed. One is located on Eastwood Road and the other on County Highway 10. He reviewed that at a previous Planning Commission hearing, residents indicated that the additional traffic entering and exiting the site on Eastwood Road would negatively affect the neighborhood. Their desire was to eliminate the access point on Eastwood Road and only allow access from County Highway 10. The applicants have addressed this issue by indicating that a minimal amount of appointments can be made at one time, thus limiting the amount of traffic to the site at a given time. Planning Associate Atkinson advised that Staff feels the access point on Eastwood Road is important since the access point on County Highway 10 would only allow right-in/right-out traffic. The Eastwood Road entrance would allow customers to use the traffic light at County Road I for safe access to and from the site. He stated the only concern staff has is with the