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I I :1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE REQUEST FOR REVISED SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR A HOTEL; CASE OF L.A.N.D, PROPERTIES By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: In 1996, the City Council approved a site plan for L.A.N.D. Properties to develop a retail center on Lot 1, Block 1, Riverview Estates. That site plan has been revised to accommodate the development of a Comfort Suites hotel. The following items are enclosed: a) Site location map b) Revised site plan c) City Staff review letter dated October 16, 1997 d) Proposed Development Permit Notification: Site plans are not required to be subjected to a public hearing. However, this particular site plan also requires a variance to building height restrictions, which does require a public hearing. Through the public hearing notice for the variance, the residential properties to the south of the site will be informed of the pending hotel development. Observations: The site is properly zoned for a hotel. The 3-story hotel proposed is 17,543 square feet in size, with an option for a future expansion of 3,468 square feet. The ultimate development proposal is in compliance with the 35% building coverage restriction. However, the site is also subject to the regulations of the Mississippi River Critical Overlay District which restricts impervious surface to 30%. Impervious surface includes buildings and pavement. The previous site plan for a retail center had an impervious surface of 77%. The current plan has an impervious surface of 55%. The applicant obtained a variance in 1996 from the City and DNR for a 77% impervious surface coverage. DNR has been notified that the impervious surface on the site will decrease to 55% and they will most likely require a new request for variance certification along with a revised set ofplans. As with the previous site plan, there will be one access onto Sunfish Lake Boulevard. The two accesses previous proposed onto Riverdale Drive will be decreased to one. With regard to the access onto Highway # 10, the applicant 'has revised it to a right-in only with a right mm lane in accordance with Mn/DOT's recommendations in 1996. The exterior of the hotel is proposed to be faced with a synthetic stucco, which is in accordance with City Code. The building height restriction in the B-3 Business District and the Critical River Overlay District is 35 feet. The hotel structure is 35 feet in height but the design choice includes a false front monument that at its highest point is 44'6" from grade. The Board of Adjustment granted a variance on October 21, 1997 that requires DNR certification also. /51