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trailers as these vehicles are too large to enter the property, make their deliveries, turn around and exit at the same access point. She described the exterior finish of brick and explained that the project meets City Code requirements for lot coverage, setbacks, design and number of off-street parking spaces and driveways, screened waste enclosure, lighting, landscaping and screening. The Planning Commission is recommending approval contingent upon the access issue being worked out. City Engineer Jankowski stated that he has requested a more detailed drainage plan. He is asking for a detention pond behind the store and that we install a 12" watermain up the east side of the property. Casey's is amenable to both these requests. Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to approve the site plan proposal for the Casey's General Store contingent upon compliance with the City staff letter dated August 30, 1996. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Peterson, Beahen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Beyer. Case /14: Request for Site Plan Review; Case of Dolphin Fast Food, Inc. Zoning Administrator Frolik reported that Dolphin Fast Food, Inc. has submitted a site plan for the development of a 3,000 square foot Burger King restaurant on the comer of Ramsey Boulevard and Highway gl0. The plan proposes to retain the existing access onto Highway gl0. Preliminary verbal comments from MnDOT are that retaining a fight-in/fight-out only onto #10 is acceptable as long as it is on the west border of the property so that it may be a shared driveway with the vacant parcel to the west when it is developed. She explained that the City Engineer originally recommended elimination of the Highway gl0 access. However, it is likely that at some future date the County will install a median on Ramsey Boulevard south of the railroad tracks to the intersection with Highway gl0. The lack of Highway gl0 access and a median on County Road #56 would prohibit persons traveling west or east on gl0 or north on Ramsey Boulevard from entering the facility. The median would also prohibit a left mm from the restaurant to go north on Ramsey Boulevard. The site plan also proposes to relocate the existing access on Ramsey Boulevard to the north. Anoka County has recommended that the access onto Ramsey Boulevard align with the access to Holiday on the east side of Ramsey Boulevard. This is not feasible as moving the Burger King access to the south to align with Holiday's will interfere with the traffic lane for the drive-up window; and Holiday's entrance cannot be relocated to the north because of the detention pond in that area. Ms. Frolik continued that the County and the Planning Commission have also noted the need to verify that the slructure meets the 80-foot setback from the centerline of the Ramsey Boulevard right-of-way. The applicant has indicated that the measurement will be verified and the site plan modified accordingly. City Code requires a 20-foot wide landscaped area along all public streets and in the B-3 Highway Business District, there is a 17.5 foot no-activity zone adjacent to Highway gl0. The site plan does meet the 20-foot landscape requirement along Ramsey Boulevard, however, that area reduces to 15 feet along Highway #10, which also means that the drive-up traffic lane on the south side of the building encroaches the no- activity zone by about two feet. The primary intent of the 17-foot no-activity zone was to stop the use of highway right-of-way for retail display areas. In this case, staff is recommending approval of the five-foot deviation in order to retain as much area as possible on the north side of the property for septic systems. The turf establishment on the south property line can be extended a couple of feet into the road right-of-way to make up the difference. As for the 17-foot no-activity zone, the traffic lane for the drive-up window is not a permanent use or obstruction like a display area, therefore, staff recommends approval of that two-foot deviation. Mr. Dolphin gave Ms. Frolik documentation showing they meet the 80-foot setback from Ramsey Boulevard. City Council/September 9, 1996 Page 8 of 14