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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for May 16, 2022 Page 7 of 10 Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2022-30 APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 2022 ONEKA PARKWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. All Ayes. Motion carried. Review Premier Bank Sketch Plan Premier Bank had requested informal comments on a sketch plan for commercial development on a 0.76-acre parcel for a 4,368 square foot bank with a drive-through. The property is currently occupied by a residential home on the northwest corner of 147th Street and Highway 61. The property was zoned Future Central Business (FCB) and located in the area of the City where development is guided by the Downtown Plan and Design Guidelines. The applicant was proposing to rezone the property to Central Business (C-1) to accommodate a commercial use. The applicant was also proposing a drive-through lane for the commercial business. Community Development Director Rachel Juba reviewed the plan which showed access off Flay Avenue, parking on the west side, and a drive-through lane that wrapped around the building counter clockwise to a canopy along Highway 61. The property was in an area identified as the Downtown Central Business District in the Downtown Plan that was adopted in 2007. She explained the guidelines for downtown development was a mixed use of buildings. Auto- dominated development was discouraged and a drive-through was auto oriented. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan guided the property as Mixed Use, which encouraged parcels to be consolidated for well planned development with transitions between uses. The zoning of the property was Future Central Business that allowed for residential uses until the landowner made an application for development. The applicant was proposing to rezone to Central Business for the commercial use and would also need a Conditional Use Permit for the drive-through and a variance for drive-through stacking. If the drive-through was approved, any future business with a drive-through could located on the property. Prior to 2003, all properties in the area were zoned commercial, which made the homes non- conforming so they were unable to add on to the homes, refinance, or sell. Residents petitioned to rezone to FCB district. Juba stated it was unclear from the minutes from that time whether it was intended to be master planned or parcels redeveloped individually. She recommended the Planning Commission hold a neighborhood meeting to provide the property owners background on the zoning and information on how the area might develop. Juba provided details of the sketch plan noting that a drive-through business could be loud and disruptive in a residential zoning district. The applicant said they would use landscaping but staff was unsure how well it would block the noise. She reviewed the design guidelines that stated buildings should be oriented toward the street. The sketch plans showed the building more central to the site, and the Hardwood Creek Trail limited how close they could be to the street. Access should also be off a collector road, so staff would want access off 147th Street. Since it abutted TH61, MnDOT would need to review the plan. She said staff had not evaluated the new renderings, and the design guidelines required specific architecture they would need to meet.