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PLANNING REPORT DATE: 6 July 1988 CASE NUMBER: 1868 APPLICANT: Everest Property Management Company LOCATION: Northeast Corner of County Road C and Fairview (see sketch), ACTION REQUESTED: Rezoning From I-2 to B-4, Special Use Permit for Office Service Building PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS; 1. This property is a 2.45 acre parcel with a 29,412 square foot building on the site constructed in 1978. The land is zoned I-2 Industrial and the original structure was designed, built, and used as an office warehouse building by the forerunner of the Everest Company, now managing the site for a real estate trust. The easterly portion of the building has been occupied by a NAPA outlet, which is a r partial warehouse use that includes retail service. This use, though not entirely industrial, appears to have been no problem in terms of access, egress, or parking capability. 2. The applicants are now finding that there is a strong trend in the demand for retail sales use in the area. This confirms the policy direction considered by the Planning Commission and Council in recent months relating to the designation of this area north of County Road C (between Snelling and 35W) as a retail sales and service area potential. Therefore, the applicants are requesting the designation of the land use in this area as Business and rezoning of the land from I-2 to B-4. They are also requesting a Special Use Permit for the continuation of a portion of the building as an office/service use. 3. The staff has reviewed this kind of use for this building with the applicants for some time. We have talked about the possibility of removing the front portion of the building facing south on County Road C and substituting it with a covered parking area. There may come a point in time where is will be economic to remove the building entirely and develop new retail oriented services.