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Planning Commission Minutes February 14, 1996 Assistant Community Director, Rick Jopke, explained that the applicant, Sandra Schlief, had requested that the application be continued until the March 13, 1996 Planning Commission meeting because she will be out of town. MOTION: Member Harms moved, seconded by Member Rhody to continue Sandra Schliefs request for a conditional use permit for a beauty salon at 599 W. County Road B-2 to the March 13, 1996 Planning Commission meeting. Roll Call: Ayes: Thein, Cunningham, Rhody, Sandstrom, Harms, Wilke, Wietecki None Nayes: 6. (b) Planninl: File 2807: SuperAmerica Group, Inc. Request for a conditional use permit to construct a station/store/car wash at 2295 Rice Street. Chairperson Wietecki opened the public hearing and requested Dennis Welsch to provide a background report. Welsch explained that the SuperAmerica request was for a conditional use permit and that the site was zoned B-2 for retail business on the zoning map and B or Business on the Comprehensive Plan. The proposal is to construct a 35,000 square foot building on a 1 acre site located at Minnesota A venue and Rice Street. The building would have a brick exterior and a hip roof of asphalt shingles. Parking on the site is proposed for 17 spaces, 16 spaces are required by the code. There will be a screening wall constructed along the west property line. Pylon signage is proposed. A landscape plan has been submitted and reviewed by the staff. The staff has reviewed the six criteria for issuance of a conditional use permit and note that the proposal meets those criteria. Engineering issues included the need to dedicate 16.5 feet of additional right-of-way along Rice Street, either in the form of an easement or a land dedication. The traffic engineers noted that there will be significant stacking issues when exiting from the proposed store onto Rice Street so that the driveway exits from the store should be placed as far west as possible. The City Engineering staff asked for further details regarding storm and water drainage calculations. The traffic engineers commented there would be no problem with traffic in the residential area. Welsch explained the planning issues on the site that include consistency with the Little Canada, Rice Street corridor plan and the City's incomplete Rice Street Corridor plan. The number of auto uses on the Little Canada side of Rice Street are at least 12, whereas on the Roseville side are 4. The Planning Commission received and placed on file three written comments from residents who are opposed to the SuperAmerica application on the basis of traffic, competition, school bus confusion, decline in property values, and noise. The letters were from Eldon Lahlum, 218 Minnesota Avenue, Peter and Rosemary Podobinski, 225 2