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r n <br />I J. <br />Memorandum <br />To: Gem Lake Planning. Reference: <br />Commission <br />Copies To: Linda McQ - inty, Applicant <br />Melissa Lawrence, <br />Administrative Assistant <br />From: <br />Date: <br />SUBJECT: <br />Evan Monson, Planner <br />April 6, 2022 <br />MEETING.DATE: <br />LOCATION: <br />APPLICANTIOWNER: <br />ZONING: <br />REVIEW PERIOD: <br />ITEMS REVIEWED: <br />Luther Cadillac Project <br />Project No.: 18398,000 <br />Routing: <br />Conditional .Use. Perm it for a use permitted in an adjacentmunicipality, <br />Variances to setback requirements, and a.Preliminary and Final Plat for a <br />minor subdivision, far an automotive dealership <br />:April 12,.2022. <br />351E Highway 61., Plf] 3*a022120QQ7 <br />Linda. McGinty -- Luther Company <br />Gateway Zone — Neighborhood Center (NC) <br />60 day review period ends May 22;.2022 <br />Application, plans, and payment received by City .on March 23, 202Z <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST <br />Luther Autornotive is looking to build a new dealership on a site that straddles two municipalities. One <br />parcel for the site is located in Gem Lake, while the other two parcels are located in Vadnais Heights. The <br />Gem Lake portion of the project would include parking, landscaping, and a future1rontage road with a cul- <br />de-sac: The portions. of the site within Vadnais Heights would have the. showroom building and parking. <br />The proposal requires multiple.zoning: approvals. The use of the. site is -a permitted use within the city of <br />Vadnais. Heights; uses perm itted.in adjacent municipalities are able to be permitted in Gem Lake via a <br />conditional use permit (CUP), The project will also require variances to zoning requirements, due to the <br />setbacks of the.parking facilities from the south lot line. The south lot line is the municipal.boundary with <br />Vadnais Heights. The plat of the site also.requiires approval frorn the city,. <br />The.project originally went through review and :approval through the: city in 20.1.9. Soule unexpected <br />delays;. and. the COViD-19 pandemic, put the project :on hold. The eity's approvals.from 2019.have.since <br />expired, so the applicantis now restarting the approval process with the city. The applicant recently <br />received approvals from the.city of Vadnais Heights at their March 15' council meeting. The applicant has <br />made some minor revisions to the project plains -compared to those that were..approved in 2019, most -of <br />which are on the portion of the. site within Vadnais Heights. <br />TKDA� 14.44 Cedar Street Suite 1500 1 Saint Pahl, MN..551d1 651.292,4400 • tkda'.corn <br />An employee -owned company promalin.g affirmative action and equal opportunity. <br />