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Planning Commission Minutes March 13, 1996 Vice Chairperson Harms opened the public hearing and asked the Assistant Community Development Director, Rick Jopke to present a summary of a background report as provided to the Commission in a written format dated 3/13/96. Jopke reviewed the site and a video of the site and stated that staff recommends denial of the request for a variance because other alternatives do exist on this site and no hardship was demonstrated. David Runyan, representing Wally McCarthy, explained the need for additional parking on the site, noting that there are 23 parking spaces in front ofthe building currently, and that four of them are used for customer parking. The expansion would allow for greater display of vehicles in front of the building and a permanent allocation of customer parking. He said the hardship to Wally McCarthy was the large right-of-way, not consistent with other users, and display parking 92 feet back from the curb of the frontage road, as well as a problem with visual access to the site. Jerry Moe, Manager of Wally McCarthy's, stated the reasons for the variance were: 1) Customers say there is no place to park and there are only four spaces on the site to park. 2) There is no room to increase the parking on the east side of the site. 3) There is more need for visible display. 4) The current display is at a disadvantage compared to other users. 5) The franchise is working with General Motors to do a complete overhaul of the site. A general discussion ensued regarding where other locations for parking might occur, including the west side of the site and a redesign of the proposal. There was no further public comment. Vice Chairperson Harms closed the public hearing. Harms stated that she could see no hardship in this case and noted that the customer parking spaces have declined from 19 to 4 spaces in the period of years. She requested the staff to work with the applicant to resolve this case. Jerry Mae stated that he would agree to continue to work with the staff. MOTION: Member Thein, seconded by Member Wilke to continue Jerry Moe/McCarthy Cadillac request for a variance at 2325 Prior Avenue, with the concurrence of the applicant, to the April 10, 1996 Planning Commission meeting. Roll Call: Ayes: Nayes: Thein, Rhody, Sandstrom, Harms, Wilke None 6. (e) Planning File 2813: Bruce Kath request for rezoning, conditional use permit, and preliminary and final plat at 1912 Lexington Avenue to construct a gas station/convenience store/car wash. 4