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MEMORANDUM DATE: 06/10/03 MEETING DATE: 06/17/03 TO: Planning Commission Members o , FROM: Susan M.H. Hall, Assistant City Manager, l ' SUBJECT: Concept Review of Stonehouse Redevelopment Requested Action: The City has entered into a predevelopment agreement with Amcon Construction to redevelop the corner of Kenzie Terrace and Highway 88, also known as the Stonehouse corner. Amcon has submitted preliminary site and building plans for review (see attached). On June 17, Amcon will be present for Planning Commissioners to comment and ask questions of the preliminary site and building plans. Amcon will likely return to the Planning Commission on July 15 for related public hearing requests with final plans. Background: Redevelopment plans show 26,000 square feet of retail in two buildings (20,000 sq/ft in the retail portion and 6,000 sq/ft for the restaurant pad). The site area is 2.39 acres. The two buildings will include a new municipal liquor store and a new sports bar/restaurant as well as other tenants. One building would be located on the northern portion of the property, located at the corner of Kenzie Terrace and Highway 88, and the other new building would be situated where the existing strip center (see site and building plans attached). It is anticipated construction at the Stonehouse site will begin in September 2003 and be completed in March 2004. Amcon is in the process of reviewing the City's commercial zoning code. At this point, it is known that Amcon will be requesting two conditional use permits, one for the restaurant, as restaurants located less than 250 feet from a residential structure or district is a permitted conditional use in commercial districts, and one for the on-sale liquor store which is also a permitted conditional use in a commercial zoning district. According to Amcon representatives, it is likely various variances will be necessary. As a backdrop it is helpful to know that when looking at the site map, Amcon is considering the restaurant corner to the north to be the front yard and the behind the retail center and the liquor store to the south to be the rear yard. At this point, Amcon says they will be looking-for one variance for the rear yard setback and two variances for the front yard setback. Amcon Construction has prepared a memorandum (see attached) related to the preliminary site and building plans. They will be highlighting these in more detail at the Planning Commission meeting on June 17. Regarding parking requirements for the restaurant, the amount of parking needed must be no less than the total designed seating capacity of the structure divided by 2.5, plus one parking space for each employee on the largest shift. The developer says the design of the restaurant has yet to be determined, so the numbers of seats are unknown at this time. The developer currently shows 40 stalls for the restaurant. Regarding the retail component, there must be at least one parking space for every 300 square feet of