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t Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 20, 2010 Page 5 1 Chair Jensen indicated it will be important to provide information on the outdoor speaker system, 2 including the technology of the system, with the CUP and variance request. 3 4 Commissioner Heinis recommended further information be provided on the number of cars in 5 the drive-thru line and the traffic pattern for the cars in queue. 6 7 VIII.3. PARKING VARIANCE—MARKETPLACE CENTER, 2720 US HWY 88 8 9 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated staff initially met with Marty Orensten, Kaufinan 10 Sign Company, regarding installing a monument sign at the St. Anthony Marketplace Center at 11 2900 Kenzie Terrace. Mr. Orensten worked with staff to design a monument sign that meets the 12 criteria of the City's Sign Ordinance. As part of this project, staff advised Mr. Orensten that the 13 placement of past monument signs has been problematic due to the right-of-way that converge at 14 the Village Pub & Grill site. It was then proposed by Mr. Orensten that one parking stall could 15 be re-landscaped and used for the installation of the proposed monument sign. Assistant City 16 Manager Moore-Sykes stated in researching the site, staff found that Marketplace Center, due to 17 the unique characteristic of the site, lacked 31 parking stalls according to the requirements of the 18 Parking Ordinance and received a variance to the Parking Ordinance when the site was being 19 developed in 2005. Staff contacted the City Attorney regarding the situation and the possibility 20 of taking a parking space as a site for the installation of the proposed monument sign. City 21 Attorney Gilligan suggested an amendment to the original variance for parking. Staff would 22 work with the applicant to propose an amendment to reduce the number of parking stalls from 31 23 to 30. 24 25 Mr. Dan Chaddick, applicant, addressed the Planning Commission and thanked them for their 26 service on the Commission. He stated his support of the family friendly coffee shop discussed 27 under the previous agenda item and the effort of that applicant to obtain a variance and 28 conditional use permit for the drive-thru. Mr. Chaddick outlined the parking variance request 29 and presented a picture of the proposed monument sign at the St. Anthony Marketplace Center. 30 Mr. Chaddick answered questions of the Planning Commission on the parking variance request 31 and the initial variance to the Parking Ordinance. 32 33 Chair Jensen explained that the original concept plan for the center had allowed for a substantial 34 reduction in parking for the uses combined together. The determination on the number of spaces 35 that would be given up did not evolve into the PUD,but rather evolved into a variance for square 36 footage and the parking stalls. He noted that a reduction of one stall may not be considered as 37 substantial. Chair Jensen further noted that there had been previous discussions about striping on 38 the south side of the building closest to Snyder's. However, this may not have been allowed for 39 due to the loading configuration and tenant mix. He suggested that a review of the striping 40 pattern on the south side of the building could result in the ability to retain all of the parking 41 stalls. A variance may not be necessary if the applicant were able to come up with a total 42 quantity to match the parking that currently exists. 43 44 IX. OTHER BUSINESS. 45 46 None.