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I ~ _ ".. -:!~ , - Z-~\ 7,q~ \-~ APPLICATION OF SPEEOWA Y SUPERAMERICA LLC TO REBUILD THE PRESENT SUPERAMERICA AT 2785 HAMLlNE Speedway SuperAmerica proposes to demolish the present store on this site and build a new SuperAmerica store on the same site. Sheet SOP overlays the proposed new store 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 1667 sf. The placement and design of the store was developed to permit successful and compatible rebuilding on landlocked existing sites. An example of this s~ore design is located at Lexington and Front/Energy Park Drive in 8t. Paul. Photos of another 81. Paul site with this same building at Snel1ing and Ford Parkway are enclosed. We are proposing to use the lighter colored brick used at Lexington and Front, not the darker brick in the photos. The placement of the building at a corner of the site allows the creation of a diagonal traffic flow through the site, allowing two driveways to serve the site and others to be closed, and masses the landscaped area at the front corner. This scheme is reinforced by the diagonal face of the building. We realize this may create the need for variances at the building corner, but this has proven to be a very successful design where it has been implemented, and we request support for any needed variance, especially given the adjacent paved parking lots and drives. 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 of the site. Parking as proposed has simply not been an interference with the twice weekly trash pickups or the delivery once every two to three days of fuel to the underground tanks. Our experience has proven this is not a practical problem. The 12 spaces proven on the plan, and the handicapped space, and the most used parking on the site, the 8 spaces at the pump islands, are well in excess of our observed peak needs. We are replacing the present nonconforming pylon sign with a monument type sign, but are requesting permission to use a vertical rather than a horizontal format. The vertical format works better with the plantings we have proposed and is mitigated by our proposed smaller sign area and the deep inside boulevard along Hamline. ~? 2/17/99 ) ":!2 :s 0.... 1'<) ) f'{ ~~ ~ /'-...... r I -r ~ 0 rR)~~~ ,- - ( ~ V ~2 {~ (~ Q) 4:f-.. '~) -<Q ~'-.