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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 16, 2005 Page 4 1 out to the pad site and make it bigger. He stated that they are aware of the requirements that at 2 least 50-percent of the sales must be food and they are prepared to adhere to these requirements. 3 He stated that they should be able to work with the recommendations for the boulevard 4 landscaping and have shared the recommendations with the applicant. 5 6 Commissioner Jensen referenced the condition included in the Staff summary talks about the 7 hours for outdoor seating are not to exceed 10:00 p.m. and asked if this is a serving issue that 8 previous Council's or Planning Commission's had or is this a concern of the operator. He asked 9 if the intent of the condition is to bring people into the restaurant after 10:00 p.m. 10 11 Chair Stromgren clarified that the reason for the condition was due to the concerns with outdoor 12 noise after 10:00 p.m. due to the adjacent residential areas. 13 14 Mr. Tucci indicated that the condition was similar to the original adding that they would have 15 preferred a later timeframe but they understand the concerns expressed by the residents and they 16 do not have an issue with the timeframe. 17 18 Commissioner Jensen stated that in the past there was discussion about creating trail linkages 19 with the walkways noting that the connections are not shown on the site plan. He asked that they 20 include the connections to the sidewalk, the parkway and bus stop area. Mr. Tucci stated that 21 they could include the connections that extend out to the west along the parkway area and 22 reviewed the connections with the Commission. 23 24 Commissioner Jensen clarified that he would like to see connections to the walkway around the 25 perimeter from both the east and west areas. Mr. Tucci stated that they would work with the City 26 Engineer on the details. 27 28 Chair Stromgren closed the public hearing at 7:19 p.m. 29 30 Motion by Commissioner Jensen, second by Commissioner Hoska, to recommend approval 31 Resolution 03-052, a Resolution relating to Conditional Use Permit requests for the proposed 32 redevelopment of the corner of Kenzie Terrace and Highway 88 for a Restaurant located within 33 250-feet from a residential district and to include conditions A through I, as referenced in the 34 Staff Report. 35 36 Motion carried unanimously 37 38 Chair Stromgren stated that the next motion is to consider recommending approval for the 39 reduction in the setback from the 35-foot front yard to 12-feet, bearing in mind that this is a 40 comer condition, not a entire side or elevation of the building. 41 42 Commissioner Jensen stated that Item A in the Staff Report is a hold over and recommended that 43 Item A be struck as it is no longer relevant. He stated that Item Dhas a co-mingled discussion 44 about blighted buildings and without that today, it is not blighted. He stated that they could still 45 make a finding for the variance regardless of the discussion around blighted buildings.