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Project Description: This project will involve the demolition and removal of the two existing older commercial structures from the site and construction of a new gas station/store with car wash. The new store will be approximately 6,500 sq. ft. in size, of which approximately 2,000 sq. ft. is for the car wash. The new store will not contain any automotive repair facility. The building is designed to accommodate future expansion to the south of an additional 1,550 sq. ft. to expand the station/store or to add a compatible retail tenant space. The site is designed with 53 parking stalls; 36 are required by code. A retention pond is designed in the eastern portion of the site to handle stormwater runoff. Access to the site will be via two driveway accesses on Lexington Avenue and two on Roselawn Avenue. The facility will be owned by Kath Brothers, or an affiliate, with the fuel sales operated by Kath Brothers under an operating franchise agreement with a national fuel supplier. Desi~n and Materials: The new building will be of slab-on-grade masonry construction with rock-faced block and brick exterior and an asphalt-shingle hip roof. The building design features a large glazed entryway fronting on Lexington Avenue with a standing seam metal roof element. A pylon sign is proposed in the northwest area of the site, with additional signage on the building. Detailed sign plans will be presented at a later date in connection with a sign permit application. The landscape plan emphasizes perimeter landscaping with a screen fence along the east and south property lines which are adjacent to residential districts. Fifteen (15) Black Hills spruce are included along the east property line and seven (7) over-story maple trees, together with thirty-five (35) junipers, along the south property line. Plattin~/Subdivision: Four (4) existing unplatted legal parcels are proposed to be replatted into one new parcel identified as "Lot 1, Block 1, Kath Companies Addition". In connection with the platting, the applicant is proposing to dedicate 16.5 feet of additional right-of-way on the east side of Lexington Avenue, consistent with the desired 99-foot right-of-way corridor for Lexington A venue. The site plan has been prepared assuming this additional right-of-way dedication. Conclusion: We believe the site plan complies with all building and parking setback requirements and the design standards for automobile service stations contained in Section 8.360 of the Zoning Code. This project presents the opportunity to upgrade and modernize a long-standing use currently operating in an obsolete facility, to create substantial additional real estate tax base on the property, and to provide upgraded and expanded services to the neighborhood and broader Roseville community.