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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 18, 2002 Page 2 1 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 2 7.1 Culvers Restaurant. 4000/4004 Silver Lake Road NE: 3 Chair Melsha opened the public hearing at 7:04 p.m. 4 5 Hall provided the Commission with a background on the proposed Culvers Restaurant in 6 the 4000 Block of Silver Lake Road, and the items that are related to the development: 7 8 Hall indicated that there were two different square footages totaled on the drawing by the 9 petitioner, and that city staff was asking for some final plans to show the square footage. 10 Hall has been told that the final square footage on the proposed building was 5218 square 11 feet. 12 13 Hall continued that there are plans for an accessory building, but have seen no plans. She 14 stated that finals plans should show an accessory building. 15 16 Hall indicated that the City Engineer has indicated that the petitioner will need to obtain a 17 permit from Ramsey County for a curb-cut, as well as a maintenance agreement. 18 19 Hall stated that the City will need more information on storm-water and sediment plans 20 before final approval. 46 Hall stated that the City's planning firm, DSU (Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban), has 23 examined the plans and have offered some comments which were passed on to the 24 petitioners. DSU indicated that the plan needed to make some adjustments in order to 25 meet the Northwest Quadrant's redevelopment planning process. 26 27 A. Conditional use permit for a drive-through restaurant and because restaurant is 28 located less than 250 feet from a residential zoning district. 29 30 Steve Sparks came forward and introduced Chris McGuire, McConn Construction, who 31 was the probable general contractor for the project if all permits were issued, etc. Sparks 32 indicated that McGuire has built 27 Culvers restaurants to this point. 33 34 Chair Melsha requested that McGuire review the site plan, and building design. He 35 indicated that they have toned down the traditional appearance of the building, choosing 36 colors that are in the same color-family,but less vibrant, at the request of DSU. 37 38 Chair Melsha asked why the site plan designed by DSU does not work for McGuire, as 39 he prefers it to the one presented by the petitioners. He responded that both plans will 40 work, but that the question is which one works better. 41 42 McGuire continued that DSU's site plan does work in that it achieves all of the essential 43 elements, but it creates some bottlenecks and some confusing points for customers coming on and off the property. 5 46 McGuire continued that customers like the convenience of front-of-the-building parking, 47 which the site plan by DSU does not include. 48