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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • May 15, 1984 1 The meeting was called order by Chairman Zawislak, having been delayed until the 2 school board election polls had closed. 3 4 Present for roll call : Zawislak, Franzese, Bjorklund, Bowerman and Hansen. 5 6 Absent: Wagner and Jones (arrived at 8:05 p.m. ) 7 8 Also present: David _Childs, City Manager. 9 10 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Franzese to approve 11 as submitted the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held April 17, 1984. 12 13 Motion carried unanimously. 14 15 Mr. Hansen will report the May 15 Commission minutes to the Council at their 16 May 22 meeting. 17 18 The Chairman explained the procedure which would be followed in conducting the 19 public hearings scheduled for that evening. • 20 21 At 8:01 p.m. he opened the, public hearing on the request from KFC, Inc. for a 22 conditional use permit which would allow them to remodel their existing Kentucky 23 Fried Chicken Restaurant at 2520 Kenzie Terrace, as proposed, including the 24 addition of a 7 foot by. 16 foot 8 inch vestibule-on the front and to move the 25 six parking stalls to the rear of the building back to the property line which 26 would eliminate the 20 foot grassy strip now located in that area. 27 28 Chairman Zawislak read the notice of the hearing which had gone out to all 29 adjacent property owners within 250 feet of the subject property and the Manager 30 said he had received no calls or letters in response to the notice. No one 31 present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its content. 32 33 In his May 1.1 memorandum, Mr. Childs had explained that a conditional permit was 34 necessary for the expansion because the restaurant is within 250 feet of a 35 residential zone or structure. He said the proposed parking changes would not 36 be in conformance with the City Ordinance which requires a 20 foot setback from 37 the property line. However, the 15 parking spaces proposed would meet the 38 ordinance requirements for a restaurant which seats 24. The Manager said he 39 had not researched the original permit for the restaurant and wasn't certain 40 whether a variance would be necessary for the proposed parking changes. 41 42 Jurij Ozga, Construction Supervisor for the KFC National Management Company-, .and 43 a man he identified as the KFC area manager, were present and Mr. Ozga told the 44 Commission memebers KFC is upgrading all its restaurants in much the same manner • 45 as proposed for the St. Anthony facilities. The construction supervisor told of 46 the improvement which would be made which he anticipates would make the restaurant 47 more efficient and aesthetically pleasing than it is at the present. He told'