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Mounds View Planning Commission April 15, 2009 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Ayes –5 Nays – 0 Abstain - 1 Motion carried. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson stated the next matter to consider is the variance. <br /> <br />Director Roberts stated this is a resolution for a variance from the maximum allowed outside <br />sales area of 3,389 square feet, to have a total of “to be determined” square feet of exterior or <br />open and outside sales area for Robert’s Sports Bar, 2400 County Road H2. He stated the <br />question is how much square footage of outside sales would the Planning Commission be <br />comfortable with. He stated whatever the Planning Commission agrees upon, then staff would <br />fill in the blanks in the resolution. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson questioned what the non-designated parking on the site map was for. <br /> <br />Director Roberts stated the area behind the building will be used for employee parking, the area <br />in front of the entrance is designated handicapped parking and the parking on the west side of the <br />building is included in the total of the parking spaces. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson confirmed the 81 vendor parking and 88 for customer parking. He stated he <br />was uncomfortable with the amount of parking when the auction runs simultaneously with the <br />flea/farmers market. He stated auctions could bring in many people and the duel usage may <br />cause parking problems. <br /> <br />Mr. Halverson stated auctions would fluctuate. He stated if the auction is so popular that <br />particular day he may not have the flea/farmers market. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson reiterated that he felt it is a problem for all three operations going on at once. <br /> <br />Commissioner Meehlhause stated the variance request should have a condition written into the <br />resolution. He asked if there could be a review of the variance based on the reality of what is <br />happening. <br /> <br />Director Roberts stated the conditions need to be written into the conditional use permit. <br /> <br />Mr. Halverson stated if customers park on the street, they are going to be tagged because it is <br />designated as no parking. <br />Chair Stevenson stated he has a concern with customers parking at Moe’s. <br /> <br />Commissioner Meehlhause stated the reason he is asking the questions is to prevent issues from <br />happening. He stated the issue the Planning Commission is having is because of the size of the <br />lot. He stated it would be easier for the Planning Commission with a much larger lot. <br /> <br />Mr. Halverson stated he is not anticipating any problems but if he has any problems, he would <br />address them immediately. He stated economically this is a good thing because it is bringing <br />two different businesses to help make Robert’s more successful. <br />