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Mounds View Planning Commission September 6, 2000 <br />Regular Meeting Page 18 <br /> <br /> <br />Unit Development to construct a 96-room hotel and a 500-seat banquet center to be attached to <br />and integrated with the existing complex. <br /> <br />The development stage plan is the second stage of a planned unit development process. The first <br />stage is the general concept stage, which was approved by the City Council on August 14, 2000. <br />The development review stage is the more detailed, in-depth review of the site plans, which are to <br />include landscaping, drainage, grading, utilities, signage, elevations, floor plans, photometric <br />analysis, etc. The final stage of the PUD is the administrative approval of the plans, PUD <br />Document, development agreement and any other documents associated with the proposed PUD. <br /> <br />The total area of the proposed PUD is approximately 10.7 acres, which includes the three <br />existing Mermaid parcels, the Rent-All parcel, the Perkins parcel, Music Off 10 and the dry <br />holding pond associated with the business park development. The existing business park access <br />drive from County Road H would be shifted to the west to maximize the contiguous parking area <br />for the proposed development. <br /> <br />The hotel is planned to be a four story, 96-unit AmericInn. Attached to the hotel would be a <br />“water park” which would offer in addition to the pool, a waterslide, hot tub, sauna, and a spacious <br />lounge area. Attached to the hotel and the existing Mermaid facilities would be the 14,714 square <br />foot banquet center, which would provide seating for as many as 500 people. <br /> <br />In addition to the PUD, the applicant has also applied for a major subdivision, which would <br />combine all of the subject properties into one platted parcel (presumably, Lot 1, Block 1, <br />Mermaid Addition). The preliminary plat for this request has not yet been submitted and thus <br />will not be contemplated at this meeting. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has been provided with a set of plans date-stamped August 10, 2000, <br />for the proposed expansion. The plans include a preliminary site plan, a preliminary utility plan, <br />a preliminary grading plan, a proposed landscape plan, a floor plan, and a photometric analysis <br />of the site. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson presented Staff’s detailed analysis of the site plan and requested the Planning <br />Commission review and discuss the proposed plans for development and direct the applicant to <br />revise the plans as follows: <br /> <br />1. The site plan shall be revised to show a nine-foot wide bituminous trailway constructed <br />within the Highway 10 right of way no more than five feet from the Mermaid property and <br />a 40’ x 40’ triangular sign easement area at the corner of Highway 10 and County Road H. <br /> <br />2. The site and lighting plans shall be revised to show the installation of six ornamental <br />lights along the trailway within the Highway 10 right of way as noted herein. <br /> <br />3. The lighting plan shall be revised to show the light fixture specifications and light <br />standard heights to be used for exterior parking lot illumination. <br /> <br />4. The applicant shall confirm and clarify the status and plans for the existing mermaid statue <br />currently atop the building.