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Case it REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN REVIEW OF TOWN CENTER 3m) ADDITION, COBORN'S GROCERY; CASE OF RAMDANCE LLC By: Sylvia Frolik, Community Development Director Background: Ramdance LLC has submitted a site plan for approval for the development of a Coborn's grocery store on Outlot I of Ramsey Town Center, proposed to be replatted as Ramsey Town Center 3rd Addition. The proposed grocery store includes 3 ancillary uses (fuel amenity, car wash, pharmacy drive-up window). The first phase of the development of Lot 1 includes the grocery store, a corner retail building in the northeast corner of the site, and another commercial building in the northwest corner of the site. The site plans for the grocery store and each of the retail buildings are being processed as three separate cases. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) Site location map Proposed plat Proposed site plan and landscape plan Proposed building elevations (refer to color exhibits contained in agenda packet) Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated July 12, 2004 City Staff Review Letter dated July 8, 2004, Revised July 23, 2004 Observations: The site is zoned TC-2 and retail uses, including grocery stores, are a permitted use. The applicants are proposing to construct a 54,000 square foot grocery store on the site that will include a pharmacy with drive-up window, a fuel amenity, and a car wash. The TC-2 district regulations require conditional use permits for buildings in excess of 35,000 square feet, drive-up windows and car washes. The applications for the various conditional use permits were reviewed by the Planning Commission on July 12 and recommended for approval. Gas sales are currently not a permitted use in the TC-2 District. The applicant's have applied for a zoning amendment to allow gas sales as an accessory use in the TC-2 District. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on July 12 regarding the zoning amendment and have recommended City Council approval of same, provided that 'accessory' is clearly defined and limited in order to prevent full service convenience stores from qualifying as 'accessory'. City Code states that there shall not be more than one main building on a lot. There are ultimately 4 structures planned for Lot 1. Per the discussion of the Planning Commission on 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 102,499 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.