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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Page 8 352 Member Lester noted the number of proposed drive-through lanes in Section 5.2 of the 353 staff report compared to the revised site plan showing three (3) business lanes and one 354 (1) ATM lane. 355 Mr. Lloyd confirmed that the lanes had been reduced as part of the most recent site plan 356 revisions. Applicant Representative, Mike Kraft, HTG Architects, 9300 Hennepin Town Road, 357 Eden Prairie, MN 358 359 Mr. Kraft concurred with the conditions recommended by staff; and offered their 360 willingness to work with staff on sliding the building further back on the lot if appropriate; 361 however, he noted that the building had been positioned to meet City Code requirements. Public Comment 362 363 An e-mail dated May 31, 2011 from City Councilmember Tammy McGehee was 364 provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof 365 Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing at 8:05 p.m.; with no one appearing for or 366 against. 367 Member Gisselquist spoke in support of this use and the drive through. In response to the 368 e-mail from Councilmember McGehee, Member Gisselquist opined that this was part of 369 the City’s ongoing growing pains; and that moving businesses forward on a site was part 370 of the Zoning Code updates that appeared important to the majority of those considering 371 that design standard. Member Gisselquist noted, however, that all in all and following the 372 code, there wasn’t that much difference in the previous code. Member Gisselquist spoke 373 in support of the building moving forward on the site and parking in the back, and the 374 resulting traffic flow on site for pedestrians and vehicles. MOTION 375 Member Gisselquist moved, seconded by Member Boerigter to RECOMMEND 376 approval of the proposed drive-through as a CONDITIONAL USE at 2750 Snelling 377 Avenue; based on the comments and findings of Sections 5 and 6; and the 378 conditions of Section of the Request for Planning Commission Action dated June 379 1, 2011. 380 Ayes: 6 381 Nays: 0 382 Motion carried. 383 384 Chair Boerigter noted that this case was scheduled for the June 13, 2011 City Council 385 meeting. c. PROJECT FILE 0017 386 Request by Roseville Planning Division for approval of ZONING TEXT 387 AMENDMENTS pertaining to: front porches and covered entries in the Low Density 388 Residential-1 (LDR-1) District; Parking setbacks in the Industrial (I) District; and 389 buffers between LDR-1 Districts and more intensive zoning districts 390 391 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 8:08 p.m. 392 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the proposed ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS 393 as detailed in the Request for Planning Commission Action dated June 1, 2011; and 394 related tables and footnotes. 395 Proposed “Porch Amendment” 396 Discussion included noting that previous code didn’t provide for porch encroachments, 397 with individual proposals considered as a variance or administrative deviation process 398 depending on their specific nature; administrative deviations, given recent variance 399 legislation, for additions to house fronts encroaching as much as 20% into required 400 setbacks, usually up to six feet (6’), which worked for covered entries, but not for larger 401 porches; specificity of this amendment to covered porches, with decks or areas without a 402 roof not applicable; and specific categories in code for wheelchair ramps.