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1 ' CASE # 7 REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF BANK FACHTY; ' CASE OF RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Riverside Development has applied for site plan approval of a bank facility to be constructed on ' Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, River's Bend Plaza 3rd Addition. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location map 1 b) Site plan C) City Staff review letter dated February 21, 1996 d) Proposed Development Permit ' Notification: Site plans are not required to be subjected to public hearings. In addition, the surrounding parcels are zoned for commercial uses and this development would have no peculiar impact on any adjacent property. Observations: The proposed project meets City Code requirements for zoning, lot coverage, setbacks, architectural standards, waste storage and design and number of off -street parking spaces. A right -in only is proposed to the site from T.H. #47. This access point is inconsistent with the recommendations of the draft T.H. ##47 Corridor Study which seeks a long term reduction of the 1 number of access points along the highway to preserve its mobility function. Existing access points are available 320 feet north and 200 feet south of the proposed access. The plan has also been forwarded to Mn/DOT for review and comment, however, no written response has been received at the time of this writing. City Code requires a 20 foot wide landscape area adjacent to all public roads. For the most part, this requirement is met along T.H. #47 and 142nd Avenue. However, if the expansion area is developed as shown on the site plan, the landscape area along Xkimo is reduced to less than 10 feet. It appears that there is more than ample off- street parking being provided for and elimination of a couple of picking spaces in the expansion area will allow shifting that parking west and providing for more landscape area along Xkimo Street. In the event some type of residential use is developed on the east side of Xkimo Street in the future, Staff is recommending that screening be established at this time along Xkimo Street. ' Staff is also recommending that the 5 foot wide sidewalk be continued from Mdmo south to T.H. #47. The Planning Commission reviewed the plan on March 4 and recommended approval of same contingent upon Mn/DOT"s approval of the right -in only from T.H. #47, resolving the depth of the ' landscape area a acent to Xkimo at the time a facility expansion is applied for; and not requiring the installation f screening along the east property line. In the opinion of the Planning Commission, if the City decides to develop the property on the east side of Xldmo, such as senior housing, then the City should be responsible for developing a screening plan from the adjacent commercial uses. 9S