Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/22/2025

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C7sj Regular Planning Commission Meeting Date: 05/22/2025 Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: Promote economic growth and development. Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a Conditional Use Permit for a Motor Fuel Station and Car Wash for Kwik Trip at 8040 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW. Purpose/Background: Kwik Trip (the "Applicant") has submitted a Land Use Application for the development of the eastern portion of the 7.07-acre parcel at the southwest corner of Armstrong Boulevard NW and Bunker Lake Boulevard NW, currently addressed as 14816 Armstrong Boulevard NW but to be re -addressed as 8040 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW (the "Subject Property"). The project will consist of a 9,126 square foot convenience store building, an attached 1,931 square foot single -lane car wash, 10 double -sided fuel pumps, 49 parking stalls, and driveways onto both Ferret Street N W and Bunker Lake Boulevard N W. To accommodate the Motor Fuel Station and Car Wash uses, the Applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for a Motor Fuel Station and Car Wash in the B-2, Community Business Zoning District. A plat will subdivide the property that currently straddles Ferret Street to create a 3.35-acre lot for Kwik Trip. Notification: Staff attempted to notify property owners within 350 feet of the Subject Property, as reflected in the Anoka County Property Records, of the request and the Public Hearing. A notice of the Public Hearing will be published in the Anoka County Union Herald, the City's official newspaper. A "proposed development" sign was placed on the property. Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: Subject Property The Subject Property is bounded by Bunker Lake Boulevard to the north and Armstrong Boulevard to the east. Ferret Street was recently extended north to Bunker Lake Boulevard and forms the western boundary of the Subject Property. The Subject Property a is zoned B-2, Community Business District and is guided for Mixed Use in the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Surrounding properties are also zoned B-2 and I-1 and are guided for similar land uses. Site Plan The proposed Site Plan includes a 9,126-square foot convenience store building, a 1,931-square-foot single -bay car wash attached to the east side of the convenience store, 10 double -sided fuel pumps, 20 parking stalls at service pumps under the fuel canopy, 49 parking stalls located along the perimeter of the site and adjacent to the convenience store building, and other site improvements. The proposed development has 7 percent building coverage and 48 percent impervious surfacing coverage (which includes the building and all paved surfaces). The car wash is a single bay, attached to the east end of the convenience store. Traffic is designed to queue along the south side of the building, enter the car wash in the southeast corner of the building, travel north through the car wash tunnel, and exit out of the northeast corner of the building. The site plan appears to show adequate stacking space for car wash queuing without impacting other traffic patterns for customers using any of the fuel pumps or entering the convenience store. Fuel tanks are located along the west side of the parking lot, with adequate space between the tanks and fuel