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Ros<"....md CorpOfdtion, Case No. 2(]('3 Page 2 3. OEVE.!::Q?I-1ENT -\~J!\L YSIS Zonin9 The I:lno is zoned 3-1 within w!Hch <J furniture store of ovp.r 40,000 sqllarc feet is a special ,",se. This usp was added to the Z:ming Ordinance shol"t!} after Roseaale was built when the Dajton-Hudson Company purchased the thpn exist!ng buildong at the southwe~t .;orner of HamLne and Trunk HighlOi8j 36. Dayton-Hudson proposed to establish "Dayton's CO'1tract Divisio:l", which is in\"Ol\icd in se;jing residential I:trtd office furniture and planning and furnishing office suites. That structure happened to be 40,000 square feet, therefore, in the process of amending the Ordinance to allow that use, it was established that 40,000 square feet would be the minimum size store. Though selling furniture is a retail use, it is recognized in the industry as a very low intensity retail use. nus is due to there being m'1ildy high ticket sales and very low customer trlittic volume. That la:\<! where the Dayton's store is locotE'c! is zoned B-1 85 is all r.f the land in that imm~dii'lte area that ....as :)rigmall}' part of t~ "Zimmerman Office Park".J\t that tirr.e, multi-famil)' !'lousing was al!;o a special use in the B-1 Di!'trict and there i:; a $ubstar-tial amount of multi-family housing in that area :ili!! cwned and oJperated by the Zimmerman I"terests (f\!omberq famB}'... No rezoning is proposed here, bu~ a Special Use Permit for app.ovai of this furniture st:::r!:: :::pcr~~i:::~ :$ ;Jr:::pc~::! ::!":~ an amendment to allow a furnit'Jre store of appro,<;mately 14,00C square feet rather than the 40,000 sqllare-foot Ii .f1lmUm currently in thf! Orc!inanc-e. We suggest ~hat the fur'1iture sture of the type pro;>tosed here will have very low customer traffic volume. It IS probabl:r aiso true that a 14,OOO-square-foot store n1ay well have less traffic volume than a 40,OnO-square-foot store. We un<1erstand that the applica!'lts have had 'iI meeting with t.~ local neighbors and that the concept of utilizing the lal1l1 fo; a furniture store was well receillc1. The neighbors sc~m interested io hailing the land maintained :tW() unsuccessful ope.etions halle ceased) and it ma}' De a question of an appropriate low mtenslty use. The other option for t~ u~ of this bulldmg would be for ciflces, though that would jilo:ely' create morE- t,,,fiIC at peaK n;)III"S w~"~,, the traffjc lI'ten!.ity is the greatest. Trash Hal':.-!.i.!~ We discussed the ~lty'S concerns ab!Jut thE: handling of --:Jsters. The applicant~ note that they propose no O""1pster on thL ,'j('t at all. They do propose ~o St3(,!' their cardboar.; and pack r..aterla, .side the building. Vi !1a\e noted the in;!-1o~taf1rc '1f putting dumpster facility inside, with an exterior a~cess lioor fur t!-e purpose of removal. The Planning l.~Q",I111S~lon and t: It) l,('(;IIL' I; should concur with the de\ielopers that t"!'rl' \'011:1 not b!' ao;> tra:;h ,iIJ!11;Jsters un the exterior of ! I_:r" 5: 7'" ;.~! .. -. " .~::'i~it:t..,;- is ;';~f':1~ !! !:h.:;!j ~..... insidp,.