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Village CouncIl Minutes -4- July 30, 1973 Case No. 73-33, Columbia Transit_ParkinQ Lot Expansion Request Hollenhorst reported that the Board of Appeals and the Planning Com- mission recommend Councl I denial of the 60' wide expansion of the parking lot proposed along the east side of the Columbia Transit property. which is a non-conforming use, because of the close prox- Imity to the residential areas south and east of the site. . Mr. HUdalla. Manager of Columbia Transit. explained that the company has an existing 70' wide parking area east of the bus garage alone which electric heaters have been Installed; the busses now have to maneuver for position and do not have sufficient room. Mr. Hudalla explained that some preparatory work was done last year, to prepare for the expanded parking lot and proposed bus garage addition, be- fore they were stopped by the Village. He explained that, at that time, they were not aware of any ordinance violations. Mayor Crepeau asked If any filling would be required on this area of the site. Mr. Hudalla - No; whatever fill we'd need would come from the existIng hill. Crichton stated that the Columbia Transit Company OperatIon Is presently on a non-conforming basis. because of the annexation from New Brighton, and It Is obviously a concern when you speak of enlarg- Ing this non-conforming use. Mr. Hudalla said the bus terminal operation has been expanding over the years, from 35 busses to 120 at the present time. and he estimated an Increase of about 4-5 busses a year for the next 8-10 years. Hollenhorst asked the maximum number of busses Mr. Hudalla committed himself to in the previous request for this expanded operatIon. Mr. Hudalla - I believe I had stated we would not be taking on any new contracts to be served by this terminal over and above our present contracts. the Mounds View School District and 12 busses serving the north end of the Rosevl lie School District. Hollenhorst - If you need 50 more busses to serve the Mounds VIew District. would you add 50 more busses at this terminal? Mr. Hudalla - I don't think that will happen. View will grow that much. Hollenhorst - There Is sti II a great deal of undeveloped land In this district; It could happen. I believe. It has been suggested. if y~u need more parking area. why not go to the west? I don't think Mounds . Mr. Hudalla said that the west side of the property would not provide as efficient a,parkrng area; the property would require filling. electric heaters would have to be installed. the parking of busses would Interfere with the gassing operation o~ that side of the building. He said that the company had anticipated fi Illng the entire area and eventually locating an additional building on the property to double the building capacity. replanting trees and landscaping the area. He explained that at no time do they expect to expand Into the 200' wide eastern portion of the site. as set out by New Brighton before the property was annexed to Arden Hills. Hollenhorst - 130' you figure you need for minimum for maneuvering of the busses? Huda!la - No; we wouldn't need the entire 130'. I chose that be- cause of the original decree from New Brighton in 1960 that the east 200' remain zoned for residential and because of that decree, I chose the 200' mark. -4-