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MOUN—DitSVIEW City or Mounds View Staff Report Item No: 08D Meeting Date: July 12, 2021 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: To: Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing: Resolution 9443, Approving the Preliminary Plat of Anthony Properties, Second Addition; Amending the PUD Narrative for the O'Neil Property; and Approving a Development Review for Caribou Cabin; 2404 Mounds View Boulevard Introduction: Java Companies and Infinity Properties (e.g. Moe's Restaurant) are proposing to construct a Caribou Cabin drive-thru coffee shop in the parking lot of the New Vision Theater. In 2019, Caribou began constructing "Caribou Cabins" a drive-thru only coffee shop. Caribou operates 291 coffee shops in Minnesota, of which, nine are Caribou Cabins, the nearest being in Fridley and Coon Rapids. A revised Preliminary Plat was received on July 5'", adding Lot 3, consisting of 14 parking stalls to be sold from the AP Mounds View (e.g. theater owner) to Moe's for additional parking, and potentially outdoor seating. Staff has not had an opportunity for review. Thus, Staff is requesting that the City Council conduct the Public Hearing (Open & Close), and table Action. The attached Resolution does not sufficiently address the addition of Lot 3. Discussion: Anthony Properties was approved as a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in 1998, and subdivided in 1999. As a PUD, lot sizes and setbacks are customized to the project. Most City Code requirements are considered a guideline, unless specified in the PUD Narrative. This project requires approvals of; (1) Subdivision; (2) Amendment to the PUD Narrative; and (3) Development Review of the coffee shop. Caribou Cabin will reduce the Theater's parking lot by 48 parking stalls (34 for Caribou, and 14 for Moe's). The theater closed in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic closure of public venues. New Vision Theaters went into bankruptcy in July, 2020. AMC Theaters has taken over the lease, and intends to re -brand, and re -open in summer 2021, as AMC Classic Mounds View 15.' Whereas New Vision had planned on remodeling the theater to include stadium seating, thereby reducing seating and parking by 50%, AMC has not communicated any plans for improvements. It is Staff's opinion that the parking lot is more than adequate to serve the theater as -is, with the reduction of 48 parking stalls. Analysis: Zoning The property is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD), and is within the County Highway 10 Corridor Overlay District. Preliminary Plat As a PUD, minimum lot size and dimensions are intended to be clarified in the PUD Narrative. The 1997 PUD Narrative did not foresee this redevelopment, thus the Narrative needs to be amended. https://www.amctheatres.com/new-vision-faq (accessed June 22, 2021)