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a PLANNING REPORT DATE: 6 November 1985 CASE NUMBER: 1630-85 APPLICANT: Minnesota Federal Savings and Loan LOCATION: West Side of Lexington, Avenue, North of Rose Plaza Shopping Center (see sketch) ACTION REQUESTED: Approval of Variance to Side Yard Requirement PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1 • The property in question is a 183 foot lot fronting on the west side of Lexington Avenue and is occupied by an existing Savings and Loan Association office with approximately 5,000 square feet and a drive up facility on the south side. Th applicants, Minnesota Federal Savings and Loan, propose to expand the drive up facility so as to accommodate four drive through stations. The location of the building is such that if four drive through lanes are provided: the camp over the southerly most lane will be within 5 fee off' the southerly property line. The ordinance rer'i e setback for such as structure. 10 foot 2. Providing for the four drive through lanes results in the removal of some area of grass between the structure and the south property line, to be replaced with asphalt occupied b the drive through lanes. Each of you may wish to review the site to ascertain the existing conditions. COPY of the site plan indicating the Attached is a elevations of the structure, including Attached canopy t and constructed over the four drive through lanes on te so be outh side. 3. The request for "-he 5 foot variance and setback as it applies to the canopy is not, in our opinion, a serious question. A far more serious condition exists with respect to the site in as much as there is inadequate off street parking. You will note from the site plan that there are provisions for 31 parking spaces on the site. remodeling of the drive through facilities does hnutrreduce the parking accommodation and, perhaps, will alleviate some of the parking needs by providing a substitute drive throe h facility verses inside banking, g