Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/12/1998 - Special Meeting

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CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; 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 Outlot C, Tooth Acres. The project includes a 6,240 square foot deck area and outdoor recreational facilities including 3 softball fields and 5 volleyball courts in the summer and 3 broomball courts in the winter. The applicants have applied for a conditional use permit for the outdoor recreational activities. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) Site location map Site plan City Staff review letter dated March 9, 1998 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: The facility is proposed to have two accesses onto Traprock Street N.W. The northerly of the two is temporary until Riverdale Drive (a frontage road to Highway #10) is constructed along the north boundary of the site. This develOpment will require the applicant to pave Traprock Street to City standards. The intersection of Traprock and Highway #10 would not be signalized and comments have been solicited from Mn/DOT. The proposed project meets City Code requirements for architectural standards, lot coverage, setbacks, design of off-street parking spaces and driveways, and screened waste enclosure. The City doesn't have any specific requirements for number of off-street parking requirements for a facility of this type. Taking into consideration the total occupancy level of the facility under building code regulations, the patio, and the outdoor playing fields, Staff is proposing that 309 spaces be provided; the plan shows 281. The aisle widths in the parking lot are also deficient by about 10 feet. The landscape plan is sparse and more plantings have been requested. Staff is recommending that trees also be added to the west boundary of the site to help absorb noise resulting from activity at the outdoor playing fields if a conditional use permit is granted. No screening of the facility is required. A lighting plan has been submitted. The fixture specifications for parking lot lighting are subject to the approval of the City Engineer. Commentary on the ballfield lighting has been solicited from the company that services Ramsey's Central Park athletic field lighting.