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CC Regular Session 7. 1. <br /> Meeting Date: 07/11/2023 <br /> By: Todd Larson, Community Development <br /> Information <br /> Title: <br /> CorTrust Bank-Rezoning,Plat, and Site Plan Review at the northeast corner of Sunwood Drive and Zeolite <br /> Street NW. <br /> Purpose/Background: <br /> The applicant, CorTrust Bank, has been working with the City's Economic Development staff on the purchase of a <br /> 1.24-acre site at the northeast corner of Sunwood Drive and Zeolite Street NW for the construction of a new bank <br /> branch. The site will be subdivided from the existing 11.72-acre parcel. The site is zoned COR-2a. The <br /> proposed bank will have two drive-thru lanes. The COR-2a district limits uses to one drive-thru lane, so a <br /> re-zoning to the COR-2b district,where two drive-thru lanes are allowed, is proposed. A Site Plan Review is <br /> required for the site. <br /> The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the project at its meeting on May 25. The <br /> City Council will consider this project over three meetings--the first was the preliminary plat and the introduction <br /> of the rezoning ordinance on June 13. The second meeting,tonight, consists of the adoption of the rezoning <br /> ordinance, final plat,the site plan review, and the cross-access and maintenance agreement. The development <br /> agreement will be placed on a future agenda once the cost estimates for site improvements are provided. <br /> Notification: <br /> Properties within 700 feet of the existing parcel were mailed public hearing notices. A public hearing notice was <br /> published in the May 12, 2023,Anoka Union Herald Newspaper. A notice of land use application sign was <br /> placed at the northeast corner of Sunwood Drive and Zeolite Street. <br /> Observations/Alternatives: <br /> BuildinM Design <br /> The one-story brick building will have several large windows on the prominent entryway at the southeast corner <br /> of the building. Several other windows will be located on the south, east, and west sides of the building. A <br /> drive-thru canopy is located on the north side of the building. The canopy is integrated into the hip roof of the <br /> building. The entryway in the southeast portion of the building will have architectural metal panels,brick, and <br /> glass with the upper portion being spandrel glass. <br /> COR-2 has a requirement that the building has at least 40 percent of the lot frontage. The lot has 173.50 feet of <br /> frontage along Sunwood Drive. The building will have 60 feet of frontage (34.6 percent). A decorative screen <br /> wall, similar to other walls along Sunwood Drive,will be 28 feet in width screening the parking lot drive aisle. <br /> Between the building and the screen wall, 50.7 percent of the lot will have a hardscape frontage. <br /> A discrepancy in the plans was discovered late in the previous review cycle before the Planning Commission <br /> meeting. The architectural plans and the civil plans have been updated to show only two drive-thru lanes with a <br /> bypass lane. <br /> Access and Parking <br /> Vehicular access to the site, initially, will be from Zeolite Street along the north side of the site via a shared access <br /> drive directly across from the approved location for the Home2Sutes driveway. This access drive is being set up <br /> to be extended eastward to provide shared access to the sites to the east and north. This shared private roadway is <br /> likely to have a connection to Sunwood Drive midway between Yolite Street and Zeolite Street and possibly to <br />