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May 23, 2019 PC Minutes Page 3 Public Hearin: Apple Academy — Site Plan and Conditional Use Permit applications for a daycare facility. The applicant is requesting approval of a site plan and CUP to allow construction of a 9,948 square foot daycare facility located along Highway 61 and south of 140th Street North. Two parcels will be combined at Washington County to create one parcel for the daycare. The applicant is also seeking approval of an easement vacation, which will be reviewed at a City Council meeting. Staff provided background on the property, which is zoned General Business (C-2) and complies with all C-2 lot standard. Juba stated that the development will be accessed through the TGK Automotive site. Staff is still working with the applicant on the final design of the building architecture. The site plan must be revised to comply with a 6 -foot height minimum for exterior play areas. Staff also recommends all freestanding lighting comply with 20 -foot maximum height regulations. The applicant is proposing one freestanding monument sign and one wall sign and will need to apply for a sign permit. The parking lot shows 40 parking spaces, which is the required amount. There is also proof of parking provided for 15 additional spaces. The landscape plan shows landscaping within the parking lot, around the building foundation, and around the play area in the back. The landscaping plan complies with landscape standards. The applicant is proposing to create a stormwater management pond and infiltration basin for stormwater management. The pond will drain north to the drainage of TGK Automotive site. Drainage easements must be dedicated over the entire stormwater pond, connecting to the existing stormwater easement on the TGK Automotive site. The applicant is proposing to reroute an existing sanitary sewer main. A vacation of easement will be required. A development contract and financial guarantee will be required for the removal and relocation of the sanitary sewer. The applicant will also be required to have cross access agreements with the subject site landowner and the landowner of the TGK Automotive site. Juba noted that City staff has asked the developer to clarify the process to obtain the right for Parcel C, the property to the south of the subject property, to cross the strip of property with the private road easement in-between the two. Daycare facilities are allowed as a conditional use withing the C-2 General Business District, provided the use is found to comply with the 12 findings in the code. Staff finds that the applications meet all requirements necessary to approve a site plan and CUP and recommends approval of the site plan and CUP for Apple Academy, subject to the findings and conditions listed in the resolution. Commissioner Arcand asked staff who owns the strip of property between the parcels. Juba responded that the piece of land between the parcels does not have an owner and that it is a gap between legal descriptions. Juba stated that Premier Bank has found who the underlying owner is and how to get the right to cross the property. Arcand also asked why there is no access to Highway 61 from the subject site. Juba stated that the City works with MnDOT to limit the number of accesses to Highway 61 and acquiring the proper amount of right of way for when Highway 61 expands to four lanes. The Planning Commission continued to discuss access points on Highway 61 and potential traffic problems that may arise from additional traffic flow to and from the daycare facility.