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Item No: ___05A <br /> Meeting Date: Dec 18, 2019 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case MU19-002 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 1111-19, Recommending Approval of a <br />Conditional Use Permit; and Development Review of <br />Tommy Car Wash, 2525 Mounds View Blvd <br /> <br />Introduction <br />Paces Lodging Corporation is proposing to build a Tommy Car Wash at 2525 Mounds View <br />Boulevard (former Snyder’s), located on the northeast corner of Mounds View Boulevard and <br />Long Lake Road. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion <br />The car wash will be automated, although an attendant may provide a pre-wash prior to vehicles <br />entering the wash tunnel. The car wash will be open Monday – Saturday, 8:00 AM – 9;00 PM, <br />and Sundays, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. <br /> <br />Tommy Car Wash is a national franchise. Within Minnesota, there is one location in New Hope <br />(2019), and one under construction in Rochester (2020). <br /> <br />The property was formerly a gas station (1988 – 2005), and Snyder’s Drug Store (2005 – <br />2015?). <br /> <br /> <br />Analysis <br />Plans were submitted to the City on November 4, 2019, and November 25, 2019, and <br />distributed to applicable Staff and agencies. Comments were received from: <br /> <br />Joe Lux, Ramsey County Public Works November 8, 2019 <br />Kelsey White, Rice Creek Watershed District November 8, 20019, December 5, 2019 <br />Nick Henly, Mounds View December 12, 2019 <br />Charlie Smith, SBM Fire Department December 12, 2019 <br />Tyler McLeete, Stantec December 12, 2019 <br /> <br />The property is zoned B-3 Highway Business. A car wash is a conditional use (CUP) within this <br />district.1 As a CUP, the car wash can be permitted if meeting specific criteria 2 and with <br />conditions. For simplicity, this criteria has been merged with the criteria for the Development <br />Review. <br /> <br />1 City Code, Section 1114.04, Subd 2 (Car washes). <br />2 City Code, Section 1114.04, Subd 2 (Car Washes (drive through, mechanical, and self-service)