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MEMORANDUM Date: March 18th, 2024 To: Steve Grittman, City Planner Saint Anthony Village From: Brian Wurdeman, P.E. Rachel Vogl, Project Manager Project Summary The owner of the Culver’s located at 4004 Silver Lake Road NE in Saint Anthony Village proposes to modify the existing drive-thru of the restaurant. The project proposes adding a second drive-thru lane with related site work to accommodate the second lane and order point. Like others in the industry, this restaurant location has seen an increasing percentage of total business coming from the drive-thru and mobile orders. By upgrading the drive thru, there is potential to increase cars per hour through the drive- thru, car stacking, and overall efficiency of the site parking. This project will not increase the building square footage, nor will it alter the dimensions of the parking lot. Historically, sales were being split approximately 60% for dine-in orders and 40% drive-thru orders. As the fast-food industry has seen a flip in these statistics, the drive-thru lanes have seen longer wait times and queueing impacting the parking lot circulation. The February sales at the Saint Anthony Village location were approximately 30% dine-in and 70% for drive-thru, curbside, and to-go orders. The owner completed an inventory of parking for the existing site during peak hours at the restaurant the week of March 11, 2024. During peak weekday lunch hours, 11:30am-1:00pm, the parking lot had 20-35 parking stalls open. During peak weekday dinner hours, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the parking lot had 25-30 parking stalls open. With these statistics and findings on-site, the project proposes to add capacity to the drive-thru and create efficient circulation through the site to better accommodate orders that are not dine-in. The project proposes a drive-thru to accommodate 16 cars, which is aligned with the 8 stacking spaces per menu board that is required by the Village. The additional drive-thru stacking will limit vehicle conflicts with the existing parking field and improve traffic circulation on-site. The project proposes a bypass lane that leads to employee parking and curbside waiting stalls on the west side of the site. The site proposes 50 parking stalls, not including the order waiting areas, which is a 20 stall decrease from the existing conditions. Based on the parking stall inventory completed at the restaurant, removing 20 stalls will have a minimal impact on the usage of the lot. The proposed improvements will maintain the existing curb limits on the site and add new landscape plants to the proposed curb islands. The proposed project does not significantly alter the pervious and impervious areas on the site. Please contact me if you have any questions, KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. Brian Wurdeman, P.E. Brian.Wurdeman@kimley-horn.com 41