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-6- • 1 The original motion then carried unanimously. 2 3 Commissioner Jones told Mr. Peters that if he felt strongly -that he needed his 4 sign to be lit after hours, he could argue his case again before the Council the 5 next week and they might decide that restriction was not necessary. The applicant 6 noted that the Town and Country. sign next to-him' was lit up for 24 hours a day 7 but then indicated he would have no problem with having to turn off the sign 8 when his store was closed, -if that�was the City's final decision. 9 10 At 8:35 P.M. , the hearing was opened to consider the request from Dick Peterson 11 of the RPA, Inc. , 1075 County Road E, Shoreview, MN for a conditional use permit 12 to allow the operation of a restaurant (.pizza delivery service)- at 3005 - 37th 13 Avenue N.E. for which the ordinance requires a permit for any restaurant located 14- -within 250 feet of a- residential district or zone. The notice of the hearing, 15 which had been publ-ished in the June 4th Bulletin and sent to all property owners 16 of record within .350 feet of the subject proper y was read aloud by the Chair. 17 No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its content. 18 19 In his June 13th- memorandum, Mr. Childs had advised the Commissioners that no 20 calls related to the permit had been .received and he had recommended approval if 21 the concerns related to the parking could- be resolved. The Manager gave the 22 background history of how the restaurants which would be close to residential 23 developments became conditionally permitted uses which the City could review and 24 impose conditions on, if necessary. However, he added, no provisions had been 25 made for not allowing such operations altogether if located in a commercial zone. 26 • 27 As he had stated in his memorandum, the Manager indicated the facility would be 28 used as a pizza bakery and delivery outlet with- a portion of the building to be 29 used for storage and a conference/training room. Mr. Childs reviewed the un- 30 certain history of the building the last few years and said that although after 31 all the changes made for the reconstruction of County Road D and plans for a four 32 foot wide sidewalk on that side of the street, there would only be nine spaces 33 left for parking, he perceived parking overflow should be no problem for the type 34 of activity proposed for the building because the landlord, who owns Autotraac 35 next door,' �.ad indicatedjthe app.licant,,would be ab�heetocdse'-his*,parking �spaces 36 i.f necessary;because t'f:lere.wou:l:ucbe.,.l i t�Ll e:.or-no�conf l iLtt,.i ni,tf�e-,hoursvof�-opera- 37 tion for the two businesses because the main hours of operation of the pizza 38 operation would be evenings and weekends when the car service would be closed. 39 40 Mr. Childs also indicated he understood there would be a minimum of take-out 41 service and no tables or service of food within the premises . He also told the f 42 Chair there would be a curb cut in front of this building and another for Autotraac ' 43 and Rapid Oil on each side. Commissioner Jones commented that he perceived 44 vehicles would still be able to cross the Rapid Oil station property to get to 45 Silver Lake Road. 46 j47 The applicant was present and indicated he and his wife, Karen, own most of RPA, 48 Inc. He said they have five Paul Revere stores in the Twin Cities and hoped 49 eventually to open another four soon. The franchise owner indicated he expected 50 very little business from customers coming to the counter and causing traffic 51 congestion. He said there would be from three to five persons in the building on t . 52 busy nights doing the cooking but many nights only the store manager would be 53 doing the cooking and coordinating the deliveries. The primary business hours 54 would be in .the evening from 4:00 P.M. on and drivers would be moving in and out 55 rapidly so they should cause no congestion for the parking areas at all .