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May 10, 1978 Pa~e 3 Official Rose reported that the applicant has requested twa curb cuts on his plot -sketch, one on Highway 10 and one on Spring Lake Road. The Spring Lake Road curb cut should be moved north ta provtde better stacking distance. Officiat Rose recortmended that if the Planniny Commission were to recomnend approval t~at a recortmendation should be made to require the applicant to meet ali zoning requfrements with no variances granted. Councilmember Baumgartner asked ifi the proposed ~•ezoning was strictly for an off~ sale 11quor store. Mr. Swadden replied that it was. He added that he presentiy orins Budget Liquor in Mounds View Square and woutd 11ke to transfer thaL 1lcense to the new location. He explainEd that he has out~rown hts present space and that he does not have an option an his ten year lease, which will expire in scven more years. Chairperson Naake asked what the present square faotage Was at Budget Liquor. Mr. Swadden repliod that it is 8,000 squar•e feet and that he wauld like to increase Chat to 12,000 square feet, with approxlmately two-thirds of it being for sales and the otS~er third for storage. OfPicial Rose pointed aut that 90 parking spaces are required for retail ~aSes. Chairparson Haake stated that it seemed like an extremely large number oP parking spaces. OPficial Rose replied that the code was written~to require that number but that the City could do a study ta determine a reasonabte requirement for a generslized retail use. -"'~Caimission Member Fedor pointed out that the f,omnisslon must remember it might not ~ )a7ways be a Budget Liquor store and that a future occupant mtght require the 40 spaces. ~~ Comnission Member Giazer painted out that there is already property in the City zoned B-2 far that use and that there are already faur liquor stores on that strip of f{ighway 10. MSP (Haa!<e-Glazer to deny the request of Richard Swadden to rezone the property at 8101 Spring :.a e Road from R-1 to B-2 for the future development of an off-sale liquor store, the reason being that the Comprehensive Plan denotes the area as iuedium den3lCy and to rezane tt would ba spo*_ z~ning, which the City has avoided. There are other areas in the comnunity thaL are zoned B-2 which would be more ~ompatible for this purpose than this parcet. 4 ayes Official Rose reported that the appllcant has an option ta carry the r•equest on to the City Council and that the request must be submitted within 60 days for the Council to hear it at a pubiic hearing. MINOR SUBOIVISION REpUEST Of JOHN WESTLING - 8456 RED OAK DRIVE Offi:i~l Rose reported that the applicant has requested to divide a 1ot 150 4cet wida by 2&4 feet deep lnto two equai 7E feet wide by 264 feet deep lots. There are pre- sently two garages and one house located on the property. Both the 2oning and Comprehensive Plan denute the area as R-1, S'.rgle Family usage, and the appticant does intend the lot to be used for a single family dwelling. ~y~,.8oth lots meet the area requirements but neither meet the frontage requirement, both 6eing 10 feet short of the required 85 feet. The exisCing garage on Lot B wauld have to be removed before the final deeds couTd be appro~ed. The existing house and garage on Lot A meet setback requirements.