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PLANNING REPORT DATE: CASE NUMBER: APPLICANT: LOCATION: ACTION REQUESTED: PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1 July 1987 1754 Har Mar Inc. Southeast Corner of County Road B and Snelling (see sketch) Approval of Shopping Center Site Plan, Special Use Permit for Site Plan Approval (in B-1B Area), and Variance to Sign Size 1. This proposal was on the agenda for last month's Planning Commission meeting and was tabled to the July meeting in order to allow time to conduct meetings with the neighbors in accordance with current Council policy. Two such meetings were held, one of which occurred last night (Thursday, June 25) at the auditorium at Har Mar Mall. We are informed that persons in attendance at the meeting included Marie Slawik, Gary Jackson, and Mike Scott (Principals in Jackson/Scott Management Company), Nancy Gordon (Har Mar Manager), and Gary Vogel and Kevin Busch (From David Todd Runyan Architectural office), David Janisch (Assistant City Engineer), and about 30 to 40 neighbors. The general consensus seems to be the meetings have gone well, with the neighbors expressing some of their concerns and the Har Mar people and their advisors offering some concessions. 2. A principal concern was the handling of the three bay truck loading area on the east side of the center. The plans have been adjusted to enclose the loading area of which the center bay is the access to the trash compactor,, which will be inside the building. Attached are three revised drawings indicating the overall site plan, the interior plan of the building, and the east elevation. You will notice in the revised plans the enclosure of the truck loading area. The neighbors would still like to see the enclosed truck loading area oriented with the doors to the south. The architects noted their problems with handling this in the interior due to the layout of the two principal stores and the common access way to the other stores that the loading area serves. 3- Another item of concern was the handling of the buffer zone on the east side. The previous plans included a grass strip between the outer perimeter road and the buildings to the west. The neighbors requested this 'additional width be moved to be contiguous to the -40 foot existing buffer strip on the east side of the site. This has been done in the revised plan and results in a strip with an additional width of 16 feet an its north end and 9 feet an the south end. This area is to be planted with coniferous trees, though there is no specific list of species, size, and number. The ultimate detail design of this strip and any