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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes November 15, 1994 Page 17 1 a CUB Foods in the mall and very shortly after, the mall began getting bigger and business has 2 come back. He advised that the Minnehaha Mall utilizes a City bus which re-routes through the 3 parking lot and drops people off at the store. This bypasses any traffic problems of people trying 4 to run across the street. 5 Chair Gondorchin closed the public hearing at 8:39 P.M. 6 Motion by Commissioner Makowske, second by Thompson to recommend Council approval of 7 the lot split as presented by Mr. Dennis Cavanaugh, C. G. Rein Co., into four sections as follows: 8 the first lot for SuperValu/CUB consisting of approximately.390,000 square feet, the second lot 9 for Knox/Payless Cashway Lumber Store consisting of approximately.445,000 square feet, the 10 third lot would be what is left of the mall consisting of approximately 943,000 square feet, and 11 the fourth lot would be for First Bank and consisting of approximately 55,000 square feet, 12 contingent on a title review by the City Attorney, as well as any easements that may be-necessary 13 for the platting process which will be taken care of with the City Council. 14 Motion carried unanimously. 15 Motion by Commissioner Bergstrom, second by Commissioner Makowske to recommend Council approval of the setback variances for the CUB redevelopment, specifically the 15 foot setback variance on the north end of the CUB property. The hardships were found for the 18 following reasons: 1. With the 60 foot Uniform Building Code normal separation, the property 19 cannot be put to reasonable use without this variance. 2. The circumstances are not created by 20 the owner of the property. 3. This will not alter the essential character of the locality. 4. 21 Economic considerations alone are not the basis of the hardship. Also this variance will improve 22 the traffic flow as traffic will go around the buildings rather than in between the buildings. 23 Motion carried unanimously.. 24 Motion by Commissioner Bergstrom, second by Commissioner Makowske to recommend 25 Council approval of the setback variances for the Knox redevelopment, specifically the 15 foot 26 setback variance on the South portion of the Knox property. The hardships were found for the 27 following reasons: 1. With the 60 foot Uniform Building Code normal separation, the property 28 cannot be put to reasonable use without this variance. 2. The circumstances are not created by 29 the owner of the property. 3. This will not alter the essential character of the locality. 4. 30 Economic considerations alone are not the basis of the hardship. Also, this variance will 31 improve traffic flow, as traffic will go around the buildings rather than in between the buildings. 32 Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Commissioner Bergstrom, second by Commissioner Thompson to recommend Council approval of the conditional use permit for Knox Lumber conditioned that all lumber