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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES August 19,1975 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Ietourneau at 7:30 P.M. The following were present for roll call: Johnson, Hiebel, Letourneau, Bowerman and Rymarchick. Also present:Ha=j Lekson Absent: Cmmn & Marks Motion by Mr. Bowerman and seconded by Mr. Hiebel to approve the minutes of the July 1.5, 1975 Board meeting. Motion carried. ,Zthe Public Hearing on the request from American Monarch Corporation to rezone the pro-perty they own to the east from Light Industrial to Commercial opened at 7:37 P.M. Mr. Dick Ernst of the R.C.E. Corporation presented drawings and his proposal for two buildings his company wanted to build on the easterly 322 feet of Apache Terrace, Block 1, Lot 1. (Approximately at 2901 37th Avenue N.E.) The developer said he planned to purchase the land from American Monarch and • build on the east portion a Country Kitchen restaurant with a walk-in level devoted to office rental space. 7ne building to the west of the restaurant would be a two story, 50 x 90 ft, professional office building. Both buildings would be from 22 to 0 ft. high at their highest points. He elaborated further on the 9 points in favor of the project and answered the 7 objections residents had voiced to the proposal as they were listed in the atteched resume which he distributed to those present. Answering the objections, he stated that this would be the first "in town" restaurant Country Kitchen, Inc. has built and the hours would be regulated by its residential location with a closing time of about 11 P,M„ He also said the usual pylon identification sign used by Country Kitchen would be modified to fit the residential nature of the neighborhood. This point was questioned by Mr. Johnson citing the Country Kitchen executive's insistance that the sign had to be in front of a Country Kitchen he was requesting permission to erect a short distance from this location. It -vas Mr. Ernst's contention that the restaurant would cause a diminishing of speeding and careless driving rather than an increase and that it would be possible to erect traffic directional signs which would steer restaurant customers away from Belden Drive and Coolidge Street. He also said filtering would prevent the annoyance of cooking odors. He said his experience in filling office buildings at the corners of Silver Lake Road and County Road D and Mississippi Drive assured him that there was a need for additional space in this area. Mr. Ernst contrasted other uses permitted by ordinance in industrial zoning for other municipalities as a defense of the use of the property for a restaurant. There were more than 25 residents of the area present and all who spr.,ke voiced opposition to the restaurant.