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had reviewed this concept as approved in the City of Apple Valley and has given their approval for that location. The Ramsey County Department of Public Health, under the Ramsey County Food Protection Ordinance, is responsible for review and approval for food service application permits. Their review ofthe Outpost Java plan has begun but as of this writing has not been completed. The modular unit itself will be 8 feet by 10 feet by 10 feet tall and will be a wood frame construction. Exterior materials include brown and beige stucco, glass, with a silver cornice/sign band on the top. Because it is a modular unit without a foundation, there will be exterior tie downs for protection against high winds. A planter island will be created around the building and extend on both sides to delineate the drive isles approaching both service windows. TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS: The primary concern with this application is the impact it would have on parking and traffic circulation in the Target parking lot. Included with this report is a copy of a traffic impact analysis study done by the City's traffic consultant, Short, Elliott, Hendrickson. Included with the report are suggested possible arrangements of the kiosk and the drive-through lanes. Drawing number 2 is the suggested alignment that is preferred by the traffic consultants and City staff, in that it seems to provide the lease disruption to the traffic circulation in the Target parking lot. Approximately 14 parking spaces are lost with this configuration. During the spring season, the parking ratio would be 5.39 spaces per 1,000 square feet of Target store, still in excess of code requirements. 3. Summary and Conclusions The gourmet coffee market seems to be growing rapidly in the metropolitan area along with the time people spend in their cars. The applicants are convinced that a service such as this will be well received by the public while not interfering with the retail shopper coming to the Target parking lot. The traffic consultant's reports indicate that most of the anticipated 300 trips per day would be between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and would average approximately 40 vehicles per hour. They have indicated that they would anticipate that there would seldom be more than three to four vehicles queued up waiting to access the drive-through at any given time. With the exception of the holiday shopping season, a portion of the parking area in which it is proposed to locate the coffee kiosk is seldom used during weekdays, especially in the mornings. Based on the fact that the Target store will still have more parking than required by City code and the fact that it appears that the Outpost Java coffee kiosk is proposed to be situated in an area and in a configuration in the parking lot to minimize disruption to Target traffic circulation, staff recommends approval of Kenneth Clausen's request for a conditional use permit for a gourmet coffee kiosk at 1515 W. County Road B subject to the drive isle configuration suggested in the traffic consultant's drawing NO.2 and approval of the Outpost Java food service plan by the Ramsey County Department of Public Health.