HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000031_pg023MSP (Baumgartner- Johnson) To recess the Regular Meeting at 8:30 P.M.
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5 Ayes
Mayor Neisen called the rezoning hearing to consider a proposed Anchor Inn Restaurant
to order at 8:30 P.M.
Clerk Zylla read the legal notice and attested to its publication in the New Brighton
Bulletin on March I and 8. He stated that 17 persons were sent a copy of the notice.
The rezoning request is from R -1 Residential to B -3 Commercial.
Unplatted lands subject to Drive and Avenue the S 132 ft. of N 363 ft. of
W 330 ft. of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 30, Range 23 and
Unplatted lands subject to Drive and Avenue and Road the N 231 ft. of W 330 ft.
of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 30, Range 23, generally located
between Edgewood Drive and Greenfield Avenue South of County Road H2 a
distance of 330 feet.
Louis Gydesen, owner of the proposed Anchor Inn explained his proposal. He stated
that the hours of operation were from 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. Monday through Thursday,
5 P.M. to 11 P.M. Friday and Saturday and Noon to 10 P.M. on Sunday. He said the
establishment would provide all you can eat at a low cost, but it is not a buffet.
The building proposed would be the first building built specifically for an Anchor
Inn. All existing Anchor Inn Restaurants were begun in existing buildings. The
building would seat approximately 314 persons, would have a small cocktail lounge
and three separate dining rooms for banquets. He described the restaurant as open
family dining. He stated he will fence and landscape the property as required by the
zoning ordinance. The building itself would be a low profile building that would
blend in with the residential district.
Mayor Neisen called for questions or comments from the floor.
Mr. Allen Zepper, 5255 Irondale Road inquired as to what kind of fences would be
installed. Mr. Gydesen replied that the fence would be a minimum of four feet to a
maximum of six feet in height and would probably be a four and one half foot redwood
weave fence.
Mr. Glen Dawson, 2201 Lambert Avenue asked about proposed access to the property,
Mr. Gydesen stated that there would be two accesses to County Road H2 and two accesses
to Greenfield Avenue. He added that the establishment would have no entertainment,
that the bar was primarily to accommodate persons during peak hours, with less than
10 percent of the building area designated to the bar, and that the building cannot
be modified or expanded because of the lack of land area to do so.
Mr. Robert Larson, 5299 Greenfield Avenue stated that Greenfield Avenue is a through
street and that the proposal would devalue his property and therefore he was opposed
to it.
Mr. Giancola, attorney representing Anthony Donatelle, stated that his client was
one of the first eating establishments to locate in the Village and was a so called
"happy taxpayer" in the community. He said the proposed Anchor Inn should not be
approved because the establishment would be off the well traveled Highway #10, that
the proposal would create a traffic hazard, and that the proposed area was in a