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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 17, 2003 Page 4 will likely return to the Planning Commission on July 15 for related public hearing requests with 2 final plans. 3 4 Stacie Kvilvang, Project Manager for the Stonehouse Redevelopment Project, provided the 5 Commission with an overview of the proposed redevelopment plan for the Stonehouse property 6 location and the new Fire station. She pointed out that this location is at a key entrance into the 7 City and they would like to base their design on this key point. 8 9 Ms. Kvilvang explained that the current redevelopment plans show 26,000 total square feet of 10 retail in two buildings, 20,000 square feet in the retail portion and 6,000 square feet for the 11 restaurant pad. She stated that the two buildings would include a new municipal liquor store, a 12 new sports bar/restaurant as well as other tenants. She reviewed the location of the building with 13 the Commission noting that one building would be located on the northern portion of the 14 property, at the corner of Kenzie Terrace and Highway 88, and the other new building would be 15 situated where the existing strip mall is located. She stated that construction at the Stonehouse 16 site would begin in September 2003 and be completed in March 2004. 17 18 Ms. Kvilvang advised that Amcon is in the process of reviewing the City's commercial zoning 19 code. She stated that presently Amcon would be requesting two conditional use permits, one for 20 the restaurant, as the restaurant is located less than 250 feet from a residential structure or 21 district, which is a permitted conditional use in commercial districts, and one is for the on-sale 9 liquor store, which is also a permitted conditional use in a commercial zoning district. 24 Ms. Hall noted that according to the Amcon representatives, it is likely that several variances 25 would be necessary. She reviewed with the Commission noting that, as a backdrop, it is helpful 26 to know that when looking at the site map, Amcon is considering the restaurant corner to the 27 north as the front yard and rear yard would be behind the retail center and the liquor store, to the 28 south. She explained that currently Amcon would be looking for one variance for the rear yard 29 setback and two variances for the front yard setback. She stated that Amcon Construction has 30 prepared a memorandum related to the preliminary site and building plans and that they would be 31 highlighting these in more detail at the next Planning Commission meeting. 32 33 Ms Hall referenced the parking requirements for the restaurant and explained that the amount of 34 parking needed must be no less than the total designed seating capacity of the structure, divided 35 by 2.5, plus one parking space for each employee on the largest shift. She stated that the design 36 of the restaurant has yet to be determined, so the numbers of seats are unknown at this time. She 37 noted that the developer currently shows 40 stalls for the restaurant. She reviewed the retail 38 component stating that there must be at least one parking space for every 300 square feet of gross 39 floor area. 40 41 Commissioner Tillman asked for further clarification for the location of the outdoor dining and 42 seating. Ms. Kvilvang reviewed the location for outdoor dining with the Commission. 46 Commissioner Tillman noted that the plan shows an area for trash and asked if this would be for 45 public use or for the restaurant. Ms. Kvilvang clarified that it would be for the restaurant.