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� 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ��,�� ....�� Plannin� File 3709: Big City Tavern & Oops Theater, 2784 Lincoln Drive, request for CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT to allow "live entertainment" (dinner theater) as a use utilizing the existing lower level banquet area. Chair Traynor opened the hearing and requested City Planner Thomas Paschke to provide a verbal summary of the proposed project based on the staff report dated February 1, 2006 City Planner Paschke explained that Big City Tavern & Oops Theater have requested a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow a dinner theater to utilize a portion of the existing lower level banquet area. Section 1005.015 of the Roseville City Code stipulates that a Restaurant Class IV — Traditional with "live entertainment and/or dancing" requires an approved CUP. The current use of the premises is a permitted use under the same section of the Code. Because the site had limited parking (172 spaces) the owner was required to enter into agreements with adjacent/adjoining properties for sharing off-peak hour parking. This strict requirement was necessary to ensure that adequate (Code required) parking was achieved given the multiple uses that could occur at any one time. However, since the issuance of that permit, the owners have terminated their agreement with Clear Channel Communication and have changed the name of the restaurant and auxiliary uses to Big City Tavern & Banquet Center. The business also does not have the traffic originally anticipated by staff when first reviewed. The original structure was built in 1986, is located on 2.4 acres, has a Comprehensive Land Use Plan designation of Business, is located in Planning District 10, and the property is zoned B-2, Retail Business District. 25 The proposed dinner theater would occupy the Twin Cities Room. This banquet room 26 historically has been booked 30 - 40% of the available time on Friday and Saturday nights and 27 for large wedding parties — up to 200 people. The estimated capacity for Oops Theater is 100 28 people, which is about half of the capacity of the Twin Cities Room. The reduction is due partly 29 to the portable stage/performance area, but also to the design of the seating area. Oops Theater 30 anticipates an initial Friday and Saturday evening performance (6:00 to 10:30); a Sunday 31 matinee (12:00 to 4:15); and a weekday matinee (12:00 to 3:30), which times will not typically 32 conflict with the peak customer volume of the bar/restaurant. On a typical Friday or Saturday 33 evening the sit-down restaurant is busy between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. while the bar has limited 34 patrons. After 8:00 p.m. the bar area has seen an increase in patrons while the sit-down 35 restaurant has seen a reduction. Currently the facility (bar and restaurant portion) is 36 experiencing a capacity of 60% or less on a Friday or Saturday evening. 37 38 Section 1018.08 of the Roseville City Code requires on-site parking at a minimum of: 1 space 39 for every 2.5 seats in the sit-down portion of the restaurant; 1 space for every 20 sq. ft. of bar, 40 lounge, public area, and game room; 1 space for every 50 sq. ft. of each skybox; 1 space for 41 every 50 sq. ft. of banquet area; and 1 space for every 5 seats in the outdoor seating area. The 42 site has 172 spaces and the owners has a contract (Edina Realty lot) for 98 spaces and verbal 43 agreements (Ford and North Suburban Clinic) for 106 spaces, for a total useable parking 44 allowance of 376 spaces. 45