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-4- Planning File 1314 - St. Paul & Suburban Bus Company request for special use permit at 2975 Partridge Road Presentation Mr. Dahlgren began with a brief history of the request. He indicated that the St. Paul & Suburban Bus Company is represented by Mr. Donald Regan and was granted a temporary bus storage permit on the westerly portion, or rear, of the Mr. Print building at Long Lake Road. The permit, as granted, ran from the fall of 1978 to the fall of 1979, and was extended one year beyond that date. Mr. Regan had then requested an ordinance change so as to allow bus, garage and maintenance facilities as a special use in the 1-1 district and negotiated with the City for additional time to develop the new site, the one now in question. Mr. Dahlgren indicated that the current proposal involved a 29.4 acre site on which he proposes to develop the bus, garage and parking facilities for 80 buses outside and 61 car spaces. He indicated that in previous discussions with the applicant, a concern had been expressed on the adequacy of the site from several standpoints. First,the unusual triangular shape of the site made it difficult for efficient use of parking of buses and cars. He indicated that the original plan had contemplated parking for 100 buses, but that had been reduced to 80 through discussions. Secondly, another significant problem is with the access of buses to the parking area via lanes that were to be provided for the gasing of buses. That is, that buses entering and leaving the property must pass the gas pump islands. He noted, however, that there would normally not be two-way traffic through this area. At one time all the buses would be entering, and at another time return- ing so that this would be avoided to some degree. Mr. Drown indicated that the plan had been reviewed for water runoff and that the plan, as proposed, presented no particular problems. Discussion Mr. Eldon Morrison, architect for the applicant, indicated that the original location of the building had been moved somewhat to the north which provided additional space for entering and leaving the site. He further indicated that it was expected buses, both when leaving and coming back, would be stopping at the pumps to gas up and that this would occur in two lanes. The third lane, as provided, would be a through lane where it was expected that buses would not be stopping. Mr. Rukavina asked if there were 100 buses on the current site, and if this were the case, what would happen to the difference between the 80 spaces pro- vided and the 100 buses that were to be parked. Mr. Regan indicated that by actual count, there are 88 buses and that the garage provided space for the parking of 20 buses, therefore, he did not anti- cipate a problem.