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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 20, 1996 Page 15 1 Mr. Larson stated the color of the signs has not yet been determined but he would work with 2 Tires Plus and OPUS to insure they are compatible on this issue. 3 Commissioner Franzese expressed concern with the curb cuts and the traffic flow on site. 4 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he felt the curb cuts were a good feature to control traffic. 5 Commissioner Horst expressed his concern with the lot line variance and the size of the proposed 6 liquor store. 7 Mr. Larson stated this size was consistent with other liquor stores in the area. They had 8 considered downsizing the building but it was not feasible, especially with a CUB Food Store 9 being built on the site. 10 Chair Bergstrom thanked Mr. Gersner and Mr. Larson for the presentation. 11 B. Proposed Building Site and Plans for Lot 3. Apache 3 Plaza- OPUS. 12 Jay Scott, OPUS Corporation, introduced Lee Steadman, President of Realty Development 13 Advisors. Mr. Steadman has purchased Lot 3 from First Bank, St. Marie Company. Mr. Steadman stated the proposal will include an 8,500 square foot building which will be oriented toward Silver Lake Road. Two businesses will be located in the building. One 16 proposed business will consist of 2,000 square feet and will include a low impact drive-through. 17 This area would be ideal for a photo finishing store such as Ames or ProEx. The rest of the site, 18 approximately 6,500 square feet will be used for a video store. 89 parking stalls are provided on 19 the site. The main access will be off 39th Avenue. 20 Mr. Steadman illustrated the elevation of the building. He stated the exterior will be an efface 21 matter with brick on the lower level and rock face block on the back of the building. The 22 building may have to be moved due to the building envelope which is included in the Restrictive 23 Easement Agreement they have with Super Valu. They are currently working with Super Valu to 24 resolve this issue. 25 Mr. Scott explained the building envelope was included in the REA to allow Super Valu to 26 approve the sight corridors. This building appears to be small enough to shift to the north to 27 accommodate the view corridor if necessary. 28 Mr. Scott stated the only variance request would be a parking lot setback variance to the west of 29 5 feet. The other option would be to remove the parking area to the west as the parking stalls are 30 not needed at this time. It would however, be more cost effective to install the parking now. Mr. 31 Scott stated the sign plan should be within the City's sign criteria. 0 Commissioner Franzese questioned the traffic flow. She noted there was only one egress and 33 ingress. She questioned if it would be difficult to turn east when exiting the parking area.