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I I I I I ! I I I REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL; CASE OF DIAMONDS SPORTS BAR & GRILL, INC. By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Diamonds Sports Bar & Grill, Inc. has submitted a site plan for the development of an 8,480 square foot restaurant and bar on what is currently platted as Ouflot C, Tooth Acres and being replatted into Lot 1, Block 1, The Diamonds. The project includesa 3,600 square foot patio area and outdoor recreational facilities including 3 sot~ball fields and 5 volleyball courts in the summer and 3 broomball courts in the winter. The applicants have applied for a conditional me permit for the outdoor recreational activities, and the Planning Commission has recommended approval of that request. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) d) e) 0 g) Site location map Site plan City Staffreview letter dated March 9, 1998 Letter from Anoka County ..Highway Department dated March 2, 1998 Letter from Anoka County Parks Department dated March 12, 1998 Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated March 24, 1998 Proposed development permit Notification: Site Plans are not required to be subjected to public hearings. However, this proposal also requires a conditional use permit for the outdoor recreational activities. Conditional use permits are required to be subject to public hearings and staff attempted to notify property owners within 4,000 feet of the subject property, versus the standard 350 feet. Observations: At the time the plan was reviewed by the Planning Commission, the facility was proposed to have two accesses onto Traprock Street, a proposed Municipal State Aid road, and the applicant would be responsible for constructing the road to MSA standards. Since the Planning Commission meeting, the applicants and certain City Staff have met with Anoka County Highway Department and Anoka County Parks Department. It was determined in that meeting that the County is not proposing an access to the Mississippi regional park from Traprock Street. The Diamonds Sports bar property doesn't need Traprock became they have Highway #10 frontage and the future highway frontage road, Riverdale Drive, is proposed to also provide access to the Diamonds property at some point in the future. Currently, the only purpose of the Traprock Street easement is to provide a location for Mr. Huseby's private driveway off of Highway # 10 (Mr. Hmeby has a life estate on the regional park property). It has been agreed that Traprock Street should be vacated by the City and the property deeded to the County. The County will then continue to allow access to the Huseby homestead across their property, and they will grant an access easement to the Diamonds to construct one driveway in the former Traprock Street easement. This access onto the former Traprock Street would be abandoned when access onto the frontage road, Riverdale Drive, is available.