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Mounds View Planning Commission September 13, 2000 <br />Special Meeting Page 9 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson asked if there would be a 10-foot setback in the front and the back. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson indicated there would be 10 feet in the front off of County Road I and 15 feet in <br />the back. <br /> <br />A member of the audience asked if there would be room to plow snow. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson indicated there is plenty of room to plow snow and if there is a large amount of <br />snow it would have to be removed from the site. This is a common practice with commercial <br />developments. <br /> <br />A member of the audience asked what the setback from County Road I to the Tom Thumb <br />driveway was. Planner Ericson said he did not know and referred the question to Mr. Gustafson, <br />the property owner. <br /> <br />Mr. Gustafson said he believed it to be around 20 feet. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson asked if he meant from the street or the property line. Mr. Gustafson said he <br />thought it was closer to five feet but he was not sure. <br /> <br />Chairperson Peterson asked Planner Ericson to look at the aerial photograph to see if he could <br />tell. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson said it was hard to tell but he thought it looked to be around 10 to 15 feet. <br /> <br />Commissioner Thomas said it would match if Mr. Mezzenga were to be granted a 10-foot <br />variance. <br /> <br />Chairperson Peterson said the Tom Thumb was constructed in 1972 and they would have had to <br />follow the requirements then in place. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson asked if the Commission was planning to grant 10 feet in front, 15 feet in <br />back, with a minimum of 25 feet from Greenfield Avenue if the parking lot is on the Greenfield <br />Avenue side. <br /> <br />Planner Ericson asked if the building were switched with the parking lot would the Commission <br />prefer a greater setback to the front or to the rear. He indicated if there was a greater setback to <br />the front the people leaving Tom Thumb would have more visibility. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission asked the developer to comment on his preference for the location of <br />the building and parking lot. <br /> <br />Mr. Mezzenga said he would prefer the back of the building against the back of Tom Thumb <br />because it is easier to pull out on Greenfield Avenue and the aesthetics of the building would be <br />cheaper for him. He explained if the back side of building faces Greenfield Avenue, he will have