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Mounds View Planning Commission September 5, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 2 ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Planning Cases A. VR2012-004 Consideration of a Variance for Reduced Parking Lot Setbacks at Tires N’ More Applicant: Tires N’ More – Naoufel Soussi Address: 2832 County Road 10 Planning Associate Heller indicated Naoufel Soussi with Tires N’ More at 2832 County Road 10 would be installing a new parking lot with curb and gutter. The applicant is requesting variances for reduced parking lot setbacks on three sides of the property. The previous owners of the building had originally intended to redevelop the property along with the CVS development in 2005, and were working with Velmeir (the CVS developer) on improving the parking lot and sharing the County Road 10 driveway access. Associate Heller explained the applicant’s rear parking lot was removed by Velmeir in anticipation of reconstruction that would be done with CVS’s parking lot. The previous owner did not sign off on the plans, so Velmeir did not complete the 2832 County Road 10 building’s parking lot and it remains uncompleted. Associate Heller commented Mr. Soussi purchased the property at 2832 County Road 10 and will be using the existing building, which does not have its own access to County Road 10. There are driveway and parking easements in place with both the Simon’s building at 2840 County Road 10 and CVS at 2800 County Road 10. Associate Heller stated the Tires N’ More building is not sitting parallel to County Road 10, which means there is an angle to the front property line. The front parking lot is quite small and not safe to have more than one vehicle maneuvering at a time. The applicant will primarily use the CVS County Road 10 driveway for access to the business. Customers would enter and exit from this location and park in the rear of the building. Customers would then use the sidewalk along the east side of the building to walk to the front door of the store. She discussed the location of the storm pond on the site noting the pond served both Tires N’ More and CVS. Associate Heller explained that the building currently has asphalt only in the front and along the west side of the building, and both of these areas are paved up to the property line. The applicant has requested a five (5) foot setback for the front parking lot, which would match the five (5) foot parking lot setbacks at CVS. Staff reviewed the requested setbacks in further detail with the Commission for each side of the property. Associate Heller stated that staff has been in contact with the attorney representing the property owner of 2800 County Road 10 JK & SK MN, LLC. JK & SK MN, LLC does not want the applicant using any of their property that is not included in the easement agreements. Mr. Soussi will need to modify the original plan and have agreement from JK & SK MN, LLC before the