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Item No: 5A Meeting Date: October 1, 2008 Type of Business: Action City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Revised Preliminary Plat for the Mermaid; Planning Case MA2008-001 Introduction: Charlie and Dan Hall, owners and representatives of The Mermaid, applied to the City for a major subdivision to create a new 1.4 acre parcel from their existing 9.36 acre site. They also have requested an amendment to the Mermaid property Planned Unit Development (PUD). On September 3, 2008, the Planning Commission recommended approval of both the preliminary plat and the PUD Amendment, and the requests were scheduled for City Council action on September 22, 2008. Due to a last minute submission of a revised preliminary plat, the City Council tabled the requests on September 22, 2008 in order for the revised plat to be reviewed by staff and the Planning Commission. The revised plat now shows three lots instead of two. The owners of the Mermaid wish to add a third lot in order to create separate lots for the Mermaid Entertainment Center and the AmericInn Hotel, along with the same 1.4 acre parcel for retail. Since this new plat is a substantial change from the previous plat that the Commission took action on, staff and the City Attorney want the Planning Commission to review and take action on the revised plat. Discussion: Comprehensive Plan: The 1998 Comprehensive Plan Existing Land Use Map shows the County Highway 10 and County Road H corner as four parcels, thus was the case until 2000 when the Mermaid purchased the Rent-All building and the four existing parcels were replatted for the hotel addition and rezoned to a PUD. The 1998 Future Land Use map designates the entire Mermaid corner as Regional Commercial PUD, and this has not been changed in the 2008 Comprehensive Plan update. The proposed subdivision would be consistent with that designation and consistent with the goals and policies as articulated in the Land Use section of the Comprehensive Plan. Drainage Plan: In 2002, a new regional stormwater pond was constructed along County Road H, at the southeast corner of the Edgewood Middle School property that would treat the stormwater runoff for the Mermaid, along with several other nearby properties and the completed County Road H reconstruction. It can be assumed that little additional stormwater treatment would be required by Rice Creek Watershed District for this subdivision or when a new building is constructed since no additional impervious surface would be added. Although when a development review for the new retail center is applied for, the applicant will be required to contact Rice Creek Watershed District.