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-'?-} Sr-cfq ATTACHMENT TO THE APPLICATION OF SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA LLC TO REBUILD THE PRESENT SUPERAMERICA STORE AT 2785 HAMLlNE Speedway SuperAmerica LLC proposes to demolish the present store on this site and build a new SuperAmerica store on the same site. Sheet SDP overlays the proposed new stofe plan on the present development of the site. The new store will have a gross area of 2867 sf and a net retail area of 1706 sf. This is slightly larger than the present store with 2014 gross sf and a net retail area of 1236 sf. The design and placement of this store was developed to permit successful and compatible rebuilding on existing sites that could not expanded. An example of this store design is located at Lexington and FrontJEnergy Park Drive in St. Paul. Photos of another S1. Paul site with this same design at Snelling and Ford Parkway have been provided to staff. Please note we are proposing to use the lighter colored brick of Lexington and Front, not the darker brick in the photos, at this site. The placement of the building in the corner of the site allows the creation of a diagonal traffic flow through the site, allowing two drives to serve the site, and others to be closed. This also masses the open space at a front corner, achieving a significant green space on these always tight sites. The scheme is reinforced physically and visually by the diagonal face of the building. We recognize this may require exceptions to some setback requirements that typically tend to "center" the building on the site, but as this has proven a very successful design where it has been implemented, and request its approval, especially given the directly adjacent parking lots and driveway uses. The new store will be a candidate for 24 hour operation. At restricted sites we have had success with the dual use parking proposed along the west edge. Parking as proposed is the closest to the entrance of the store and has simply not been an interference with the twice weekly trash pick ups and the delivery once every two to three days of fuel to the underground tanks. Our experience is this is not a practical problem. The parking provided on site, including the parking at the pump islands, is in excess of our observed peak hour demand. We are replacing the present nonconforming pylon sign with a monument type sign, but are requesting a vertical, rather than horizontal format. The vertical format works better with the planting we have proposed and is mitigated by the reduced sign area and the inside boulevard along Hamline. March 15, 1999