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Roseville Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday. September 2. 1970 Members present: Members absent: Kellett. Demos. Pope. Eagles and Membrez. Johnson Edlund arrived at 8:30 PM. First order of business was the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. Kellett Moved. Demos Seconded. that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved. Ayes: Kellett. Demos. Pope. Eagles and Membrez. Nays: None. Planning File 577-70 - Continental Oil Company's request for special use permit for car wash at 1721 North Lexington Avenue. Mr. William Rosen. 630 Osborne Building. represented the Continental Oil Company. At this time a new plan was presented which showed that the car wash building was set ten feet further back from Lexington Avenue than existed in the last plan which was presented before the Council. Mr. Rosen's contention was that the purpose of the Continental Oil Company was to sell gasoline products as a service station first, and the washing of automobiles was a secondary concern. It is estimated that an optimum level of business that the car wash could handle would be 40.000 cars a year which is less than one per cent of the total traffic which is on the existing Lexington AVenue at the present time. He also stated that the months of January, February and March were peak months for the car wash business, that the rest of the year would be rather slow. Mr. Rosen reminded the Commission that the property as it presently exists is zoned B-2 and is suitable for a car wash as stated in the ordinance. He felt that most of the business of the car wash. or at least 30% of it, will be made up of people who are already travelling on Lexington Avenue. and would not be attracting large additional quantities of traffic. And even if the car wash itself did attract additional traffi~. it would not create a hazzard and should not be used as an excuse to deny the Continental Oil Company the right to sell gasoline at this location. A super market would create more traffic in the area than would a car wash. The station would pro- vide an opening into the shopping center. at the present time they do not have an easement. Normal operating hours of the car wash facility would be from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Several people in the audience suggested that traffic would be increased and the volume of the traffic would grow considerably. and that this would create an additional hazzard. Even perhaps. increase the liability of the other merchants in the area. Some of the people who expressed concern over the increased traffic were Mr. Drews. President Lexington-Plaza Association, Gordon Farrington and Mr. Pasteur from the Shopping Center. Discussion Mr. Membrez. still objected to the use of a car wash in the area. He felt that traffic increases were a serious consideration and he objected to it on that basis. Mr. Kellett felt the traffic would not become worse or increase. and Was in favor of the car wash being installed. Mrs. Demos stated that her past objections involved the short space for stacking of automobiles once they were washed. there were left-hand turn problems on Lexington Avenue. but she did not object to the revised plan at the present time and requested that a landscaping plan be submitted. Mr. Pope stated he was in favor of the car wash. also requesting a landscape plan and that a sign be erected which would restrict left turns into the car wash in the interim period until the median strip along Lexington Avenue is installed.