Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/05/2011

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Vadnais Heights City Council Walmart Building Addition — 15 October 2010 Page 2 Applications Submitted Wal-Mart Realty Company has submitted these applications: • Site Plan • Preliminary Plat • Vacation of easements • Special Use Permit (amendment to the 1993 permit) Public Notices and Comments A public notice of these applications was posted and mailed to landowners within 350 feet of the site. The City Planning Commission heard public comments on these applications at a meeting on August 23' . Conformance with the Recommendations of the Planning Commission The applicant has revised the plans to meet all of the recommendations of the City Planning Commission, which reviewed these applications on August 23. Zoning The site is zoned City Center. All development in the City Center zoning district requires a Special Use Permit. The properties to the immediate south and northeast of the site are zoned City Center. Current Site Conditions The site is presently occupied by a 125,510 square foot Walmart building and parking lot that were constructed in 1993. Proposed Improvements Walmart wishes to expand its current store by 29,840 square feet on its southern end to a total of 155,350 square feet for the purpose of providing additional grocery and pharmacy sales. There may also be another, small retailer inside the Walmart store. Additional improvements would include: • Renovating the building facade • Expanding the store's vestibule eastward • Adding a second entrance on the east side • Relocating the southwest access point (near the truck dock) • Closing the northwest access (near the garden center) • Repaving the parking lot • Adding landscaped islands in the parking lot • Improving the entrances and drive aisles • Adding two truck docks and reconfiguring the truck dock area • Adding a drive -through for the in-store pharmacy; That feature would be located near the southeast corner of the building expansion • Adding screened, at -grade cooling condensers along the south side of the building • Replacing and improving some of the landscaping • Adding pedestrian seating areas and one sidewalk • Changing the drainage and adding an infiltration pond • Changing the signs on the front of the building and on the pylon along the freeway. Construction is proposed to begin in Spring of 2011. 3824 Huntington Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 952.451.4818 bill@weberplanning.com