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1 August 1979 <br />PLANNING REPORT <br />CASE NUMBER: 1207 -79 <br />APPLICANT: Zimmerman Realty/Watersedge Building <br />Partnership <br />LOCATION: Northeast Corner of Highway 36 and <br />Snelling Avenue <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Approval o f Shoreline Development Permit <br />Variance to shoreline Sethack Requirement <br />Special Use Permit for Approval of <br />Site Plan in B -1B District <br />Variance to 300 Foot Parking Distance <br />PLMNING CONSIDERATIONS <br />1: The property in question is the parcel of land on the west side of <br />Zimmerman Lake , bounded by the interchange of Trunk Highway 36 and <br />Snelling Avenue (on the southwest) and county Road B-2 on the north <br />This property was the subject of a court ease several years ago <br />instigated by the neighbors objecting to the development of a hotel <br />complex with a ten story height. The court determined that a <br />variance to the height was appropriate, and ordered that a structure <br />up to ten stories high could be built on the property. The office <br />building proposed at this time would be four stories i n height* <br />2. Attached is a copy of a letter from the architect, Craig E. Rafferty, <br />explaining the concept of the proposed development. Alsd attached <br />are reduced copies of the development plans. The <br />3. The development proposal consists of two office structures of 60,000 <br />square feet each, which when completed will constitute a single <br />building; The first building to be constructed in Phase I will be <br />setback from the high water line of Zimmerman Lake a distance of <br />80 feet. The Shoreline Zoning Ordinance requires a distance of 100 <br />feet. The second building to be built in Phase 11 would be a <br />distance of 50 feet from the shoreline, as you . will note on tiie <br />attached plans. The shoreline Zoning Ordinance also requires that <br />parking be setback at least 100 feet. The development, plan exceeds <br />this requirement by a considerable distance. <br />4. The developer could conform to the 100 foot setback requirement of <br />the Shoreline Zoning ordinance by moving the building westerly and <br />putting additional parking in front of the building (between the <br />lake and the structure) . we suggest that it would be more appropriate <br />to not have parking between the lake and the building, and retain <br />this area as open space. A substantial number of trees exist on <br />