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CASE REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; CASE OF DOLPHIN FAST FOOD, INC. By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: Dolphin Fast Food, Inc. has submitted a site plan for the development of a 3,000 square foot Burger ~¥ing restaurant on the comer of Ramsey Blvd. and Hwy. #10. The folIowing items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) Site location map Site plan City Staff review letter dated August 27, 1996 Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated September 3, 1996 Proposed development permit Notification: Site Plans are not required to be subjected to public hearings and no notificafi~on, of the pending project was provided to area property owners because the lot to the wes~ is' vacant and there are railroad tracks and public roads to the north, east and south. Observations: The site plan proposes to retain the existing access onto Hwy. 4/10. Preliminary verbal comments from, Mn/DOT are that retaining a fight-in/right-out only onto #10 is acceptable as long as it is on the west border of the property so that it may be a shared driveway with the vacant pa/cel to the west when it is developed. The City Engineer originally recommended elimination of the Highway #10 access. However, it is likely that at some future date the County will install a median on Ramsey Blvd. south of the railroad tracks to the intersection:with Hwy. #10. The lack of Hwy. #10 access and a median on County Road #56 woul~l prohibit persons traveling west or east on #10 or north on Ramsey Blvd. from entering the facility. The median would also prohibit a left turn from the restaurant to go north on Rar~sey Blvd. The site plan als~o proposes to relocate the existing access on Ramsey Blvd. to the north. Anoka County has recommended that the access onto Ramsey Blvd. align with the access to Holiday on the east side of Ramsey Blvd. This is not feasible as moving the Burger King access to the south to align with Holiday's Mil interfere with the traffic lane for the drive-up windoW; and Holiday's entrance cannot be relocated to the north because of the detention pond in that area. The County and the Planning Commission have also noted the need to verify' that the structure meets the 80 foot setback from the centerline of the Ramsey Blvd. right-of-way. The applicant has'indicated that the measurement will be verified and the site plan modified accordingly.