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CASE #: ~,~ REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO LANDSCAPE ARE, A REQUIREMENTS; CASE OF FARIBORZ YAMOUTPOUR By: Megan Wald, Associate Planner Background: Fariborz Yamoutpour is requesting a variance to the 20-foot landscape area requirement adjacent to public roads established in City Code on Lot 2, Block 1, Sunfish Commons, located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 and County Road 57 (Sunfish Lake Blvd.). The Applicant is proposing to develop a convenience store with gasoline pumps, car wash, and a fast food facility on the subject property. The Planning Commission will be reviewing the site plan for the proposed development after the Board of Adjustment meeting on August 1, 2002 meeting. The following items are enclosed for your review: a) b) c) e) f) g) Site location map Site plan Letter from Jack Ovick Proposed findings of fact Proposed variance for approval Proposed variance for denial Notification: In accordance with State Statute, Staff notified property owners within 350 feet of the subject property of the request for variance and public hearing. Observations: The site plan is proposing to construct concrete curing approximately 10.6 feet from the property line along Sunfish Lake Blvd. In accordance with the approved plat of Sunfish Commons the subject property is required to provide an eight foot bituminous trail along Sunfish Lake Blvd. The site plan is proposing to locate the eight foot bituminous trail one foot from the right-of-way line of County Road 57. The western edge of the trail will be bounded by concrete curbing for approximately 180 feet, which also defines the eastern edge of the maneuvering area to the gasoline pump approach (see attached site plan). Bicycle design standards, established by MnDot, requires a minimum 1.6 foot buffer between the edge of the trail and face of the curb.