Planning Commission Resolution 486-96

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. . . Planning Commission Resolution No. 486-96 Novcmbcr 6, 1996 Pagc 2 WHEREAS, the changes in square footages result from the removal of the Hardee's and Bridgeman's Restaurants (4,800 sq.ft. in dining and 2,700 sq.ft. in kitchen) and the addition of two larger dinner house style restaurants, and the addition of4,000 square feet of retail space and ] ,000 square feet of storage space in the main retail building; and, WHEREAS, the Mounds View Zoning Code allows for a conditional use permit to be granted for joint use of parking where there are offsetting daytime and nighttime uses; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings of fact regarding the requirements for granting of a conditional use permit for joint use of parking as set forth in Section 1121.] 5 of the Mounds View Zoning Code: (a) The building or use for which application is being made to utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within thrce hundred fcet (300') of such parking facilities and not separated by a public way. All of the uses proposed as part of this joint parking arrangement are also part of a coordinated shopping center. Because of the distribution of retail space and the parking, it is feasible for customers to find parking within 300 feet of their destination. A condition has been included in this recommendation of approval that would require employees to park in spaces behind the main retail building, to assure that the maximum parking is available for customers. (b) The applicant shall show that there is not substantial conflict in the principal opcrating hours ofthc two (2) buildings or uses for which joint usc of off-street parking facilities is proposed. The Zoning Code acknowledges that restaurants are primarily nighttime uses, and retail businesses are primarily daytime uses. It should also be noted that, because of its size and the variety of tenants, customers at Mounds View Square would be expected to combine trips and use several different businesses. An allowance for some overlap in parking requirements is logical in a shopping center of this size. (c) A properly drawn legal instrunlent, executcd by the parties conccrncd for joint use of off- street parking facilitics, duly approved as to form and manncr of cxccution by the City Attorney, shall bc filed with the City Clerk-Administrator and recorded with the Register of Dccds, Ramsey County. A condition has been included in this recommendation of approval that joint parking and access easements be recorded against the property for the benefit of all tenants prior to any development reviews being approved or building permits being issued for the proposed expansion or the dinner house restaurants.