Agenda Packets - 2023/06/12 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Item No: 08D Meeting Date: June 12, 2023 MOLlyis VIEW Type of Business Council Business City Administrator Review City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution 9768 Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food products and the rendering of refining of fats and oils; Big Dipper Creamery, 2222 Mounds View Boulevard Introduction: Big Dipper Creamery proposes to relocate their ice cream production facility to 2222 Mounds View Boulevard, requiring; (1) an amendment to the B-3 district to allow processing of food products as a Conditional Use; and (2) a Conditional Use Permit. The primary use will be ice cream production. The accessory use will be retail. Big Dipper will have a grab & go counter, for sale of pint and quart sized containers (no on -site consumption). Discussion: 2222 Mounds View Boulevard is a multi -tenant building (Southpaw Crossfit, Scout Shop, Mounds View Chiropractic, Betterley Tools)', and is zoned B-3 Highway Business. Big Dipper will be taking over space currently occupied by Betterley Tools (7,578 sq ft). Prior to Betterly, the unit was Abbey Carpet. Analysis: Big Dipper Creamery will be producing ice cream products (primary use), and will sell packages of ice cream retail (accessory use). There's anticipated to be 5-10 employees at any given time. Employee parking is located along the east side, and rear of the building, while customer parking is in front of the building. The building includes a loading dock, and drive-in warehouse, which will be renovated to include a commercial kitchen, freezers, and inside storage of trailers. Big Dipper has no plans to offer dine -in ice cream sales. However, "restaurants" are a permitted use in the B-3 district. If the applicant chooses to offer dine -in service in the future, this may be approved administratively as part of building permits (staff would review parking requirements at that time). The City Code includes a list of criteria in determining the appropriateness for a CUP (e.g. Findings of Fact),2 and is included in the Resolution. In summary, that the CUP will be compatible with surrounding land uses, and not create a nuisance. In doing such, the City Council may require certain things. Staff is recommending a condition that the property owner re -stripe the parking lot because the lines are significantly faded. NOTE: Resolution 735-03 approved a Variance; increasing exterior signage from 100 sq ft to 150 scl ft for 2014 and 2022 Mounds View Blvd (the south and north corner units). City Code §160.452(B) Criteria for granting conditional use permits) The rviuunus view vimun A Thriving Desirable Community