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Case/ti 7: Request for Preliminary Site Plan Review of Town Center 3rd Addition, Coborn's Grocery; Case of Ramdance LLC Community Development Director Frolik indicated Ramdance LLC has submitted a site plan for approval for the development of a Cobom's grocery store on Outlet I of Ramsey Town Center, proposed to be replatted as Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition. The proposed grocery store includes three ancillary uses of fuel amenity, car wash, and pharmacy drive-up window. The first phase of thc development of Lot 1 includes the grocery store, a comer retail building in the northeast comer of the site, and another commercial building in the northwest comer of the site. The site plans for the grocery store and each of the retail buildings are being processed as three separate cases. Community Development Director Frolik explained City Code states that there shall not be more than one main building on a lot. There are ultimately four structures planned for Lot 1. Per the discussion of the Planning Commission July 12, the applicants have applied for a variance to the multiple building restriction. The variance request is scheduled for the August 5 Board of Adjustment meeting. The TC-2 District establishes a .5 floor area ratio. Lot 1 is 391,410 square feet in area; the minimum floor area ratio is 195,705; the total area of all buildings planned for Lot 1 is 93,207 square feet. The plan is 102,449 square feet deficient of the .5 ratio. The intent of the TC-2 District is to accommodate large scale retail buildings that will most certainly require greater amounts of surface parking. Per the discussion of the Planning Commission on July 12, the applicants have applied for a variance to the floor area ratio in the TC-2 District. The variance request is scheduled for the August 5, Board of Adjustment meeting. On July 12, the Board of Adjustment approved the applicant's request for a variance to the front yard setback requirement. There are a sufficient number of parking spaces. Community Development Director Frolik reviewed that the sketch plan approved by the City Council on May 11, 2004, showed one access on the south side of Sunwood Drive, west of Zeolite Street and said access aligned with the proposed access on the north side of Sunwood Drive. The Interim Streetscape Plan prepared by URS and dated July 7, 2004, shows two accesses on the south side of Sunwood Drive and the westerly access is offset approximately 65 feet fi'om the access on the north side of Sunwood Drive. At the July 12, 2004, Planning Commission meeting, this matter was discussed and it was determined that the access on the north side of Sunwood Drive will be adjusted to align with the southern access. The second Sunwood Drive access shown on the site plan deviates from what was shown on the approved sketch plan. The proposed second access is shown to be a right-in/right-out access. At their July 12, 2004 meeting, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed access and found it acceptable due to traffic circulation needs. This second access onto Sunwood Drive will need to be approved by the City Council. If for some reason MnDOT will not allow an amendment to the construction of a second access onto Sunwood Drive, the applicant will be able to come back to the City to discuss the need for another access along Zeolite Street. She explained the approved sketch plan showed a public access to Zeolite Street and a track access to the grocery store loading clock in the southeast comer of the site. The plans now show an additional public access on Zeolite Street, adjacent to the truck access. As directed by the Planning Commission, this second access on Zeolite Street must be eliminated from the plan for public safety reasons City Council/July 27, 2004 Page 29 of 35