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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 10-25-93 rr _ t:' ITEM NO.: \:.. .,J ~ Approval: Manager Reviewed: ~c9- Agenda Section: Hearings Item Description: Computer City/Beechwood Acquisitions request for a special use permit for site plan approval and variance at Snelling Avenue and County Road B-2. Backaround: 1. Earlier this year, Beechwood Acquisitions proposed to construct an 18,000 sq. ft. building to be occupied by Computer City. The proposed location was the vacant parcel, directly south of the Crossroads Shopping Center, in the northwest quadrant of Snelling Avenue and County Road B-2. The property is zoned SC Shopping Center and regulations in that district require that a special use permit for site plan approval be approved. The code also notes that such a permit application can contain a setback plan requesting variances to the required standards. 2. ~~At the May 24, 1993 meeting, Roseville City Council denied "0 ~~Beechwood Acquisition's application for a special use permit . Q \!..I: X-Q~ and variance citing concern that the site plan did not lL~- ~- interface well with the Crossroads Shopping Center that shares ~. ,~rr the common access point to this area and the bel ief that a ~~~ better site plan and building configuration for the property ~~ could be developed. Beechwood has taken these concerns into consideration and are now proposing a down sized building with a site plan that is more compatible with the Crossroads Shopping Center. 3. The computer City project that Beechwood Acquisitions is now proposing, reduces the size of the building from 18,000 sq. ft. to 15,000 sq. ft. The building has been reconfigured and repositioned on the site in a way that is more compatible with the Crossroads Shopping Center. The new site plan also moves the access point to the project further away from the shared driveway easement servicing the shopping center. This will reduce concerns about traffic stacking that were raised with the previous site plan. 4. With the previous application, concerns were also expressed about the building materials proposed (a textured concrete panel) not being compatible with the surrounding commercial development. The new building proposes face brick with split face masonry accents'L \.,.. -r' /' _ _1"\ ..f"VV!. . 7\1{\ ,\ I ~ \.0 \JvtfJlJ 'VU.-41/ wJcf ~~~~ (; '? . ,o~'1 '1 ~.. ~cJI ~- &L~.