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Motion by Commissioner Brauer, seconded by Chairperson Nixt, to recommend that the City Council adopt Findings of Fact # relating to request for a conditional use permit to operate a drive -thru for bank services associated with the proposed Klein Bank in the Ramsey Town Center development. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Brauer, Cleveland, Hunt, Levine, Trites Rolle, and Van Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Cleveland, to recommend that the City Council adopt of Resolution #06 -08- to approve the conditional use permit request, contingent on the above stated items, based on the findings of fact, and adopt a resolution declaring terms of same as amended. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Cleveland, Brauer, Hunt, Levine, ' rites l olle, an ,Sc o _ of :ng No' on Ab ent. None. Case #3 Request uest for a for Site Plan Review of Klein Bank; Case of HTG Architects a and Shingobee Builders, Inc I TG Architects has sl @matted a site f rr application to Associate Pln ck DalnW that 4 ?, �0 c 6 . 41 develop a 15,500 square:foot lank on 'the corner ot ArmstrOng Boulevard and West Ramsey Parkway wither e Town enter She stated the site plan for th qu erconstruction of 15,000 stare- foot bank has been submitted association with the:msnor sulvision of RT 4 Addition, a conditional ermit to construct a ve thru an wo variances to excee Maxim :front X yard setbacks, and to deviate from minimum floor -area- ratios established for the TC -2 drs She indicated the plan proposes to construct a two -story banking facility with a drive -thru window. The building is set 35 feet back from Armstrong Boulevard, 70 feet from West Rimsey Parkwa ,arrd a- feev-fro:S- un:waocdDrive °drw thr,aierposed.on...thel R e rth sid of the building, with a drive aisle around the perimeter. An on -site traffic circulation plan has been requested in order to analyze the proposed parking and drive aisles. She stated it was the intent of the Town Center district to encourage a distinctly different development pattern than typical, suburban development. Therefore, the proposed building and drive -thru positioning are not ideal. The proposed location of the drive -thru on the north side of the building, adjacent to the parkway, will not encourage an active pedestrian environment, as the parkway was envisioned to be. Furthermore, the proposed drive aisle on the west side of the building lacks a consideration for pedestrians on the trail along Armstrong Boulevard and provides complicated traffic movements for cars existing on the south. Staff would like the applicant to consider the re- location of the drive -thru to the east side of the building to reduce potential traffic conflicts and to reduce the negative impacts a drive aisle will have . on the pedestrian environment along Armstrong Boulevard and West Ramsey Parkway. She noted the TC -2 District is meant to be more auto - oriented than other Town Center areas ad because the building is not directly adjacent to Sunwood Drive, the concern for the specific building orientation is not as great. -It is staff s opinion that the large setbacks from Armstrong Boulevard and West Ramsey Parkway can be mitigated by an increased effort to cater to the pedestrian through the increase of landscaping, Planning Commission /August 3, 2006 Page 6 of 19 —181—