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7 July 1982 PLANNING REPORT CASE NW4BER* 1374 -8 ARRLICANT: LOCATION: First Bank System Northerly of the Northwest Corner of Lexington Avenue and Larpenteur Avenue ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of Variance to Setback Requirement PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS 1. This application is for the development of another First Bank System "FASTBANK Service" outlet, The location in this -case is as you will note from the attached copy of the site plan is on the east end of the Lexington plaza Shopping Center. This site, as you will recall, is directly north of a recently approved redevelopment for the service station site at the immediate northwest corner of the Lexington and Larpenteur Avenues. You will recall that in the process of reviewing and approving that site redevelopment plan, that the applicant dedicated an additional 16.5 feet of right --of --way for Lexington Avenue, Up until that point in time, the previously acquired r1gh t -of- way was the normal 33 foot (two rod) right-of-way to which the public has rights for roadway purposes on either side of a section line (the center of Lexington Avenue is such a section line) . 2* The principal problem with respect to the application for this site is that the owner in this case ( Iry -Margolis et al) are not willing to dedicate the required 16.5 feet on the east side of the shopping center site. The existing 33 foot right -of -way on this section of Lexington Avenue is approximately at the existing curb line., Thus , the dedication of 16.5 feet of right-of-way way would el 31Minate approximately 11 parking spaces on the east side of the property (contiguous to Lexington Avenue) . As in the case of the redevelopment of the service station, City policy requires the dedication of such right -of --way with the consideratLon of Special Use permits, rezonings, or variance approval. 3, with respect to the parking, the Center has 51p623 gross square feet of area of which 46,373 square feet is retail space, and 5,250 square feet are restaurant, The required parking stalls equal 295, with 370 spaces being a►vai Table if the proposed structure is built. we have noticed throughout observation that this portion of the parking areas serving the shopping center is much less used than that area in the front (to the south), It would appear . that in terms of a functional location-that the proposed site, discussed at some length with the Staff, appears to be a reasonable one for the purpose intended.