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<br />Planning Commission Meeting Minutes <br />July 10, 1996 <br /> <br />project, expressed concern with the hours of operation and suggested that better hours of <br />operation would be from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to <br />midnight on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. She expressed concern with fast traffic and <br />congregation of individuals in the late evening. She also expressed concern with the <br />maintenance issues of the east property line and lot 2. <br /> <br />Al Dunn, former operator of the service station on the site for 30 years, stated that both <br />the EP A and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency requirements require the necessity <br />to take out the old tanks. He recommended approval of the project. <br /> <br />Chairman Keith Wietecki closed the public hearing. <br /> <br />Member Harms stated that there is a need for late night stores, and that an additional store <br />in the area may take some of the stress off of the SuperAmerica store to the north. She <br />stated this was a good plan and that she liked the off-site screening and fencing. She <br />stated that the applicant needs to work with the engineering and planning staff on the <br />circulation issues. <br /> <br />Member Rhody stated that Lexington A venue is the future parkway from St. Paul to <br />Shoreview, and that while he was not opposed to the gas station, he would like to see the <br />design be more supportive of the neighborhood by moving the store to the corner with <br />some walk-in capacity, screening the pumps and lights from the corner with the building <br />itself. <br /> <br />Chairman Wietecki stated that he felt the applicant had addressed the issue of scale, and <br />that he will support the project, but that if changes occur to the site plan, the Planning <br />Commission will want to review the plan again. He expressed concern regarding the <br />legal conveyance of landscaping necessary to be placed along the east property line. <br /> <br />MOTION: Chairman Wietecki moved, seconded by Member Harms to approve a Draft <br />Resolution PC? /1 0/96c amending the Comprehensive Plan subject to the Metropolitan <br />Council approval. <br /> <br />Roll Call: <br />Ayes: <br />Nayes: <br /> <br />Cunningham, Rhody, Wilke, Sandstrom, Harms, Wietecki <br />None <br /> <br />MOTION: Chairman Wietecki moved, seconded by Member Harms, to recommend <br />approval of a draft zoning ordinance amendment from Bland B2 and B3 to a Planned <br />Unit Development on Lot 1, Block 1, and a change from B2 to Bl on Lot 2, Block 1, <br /> <br />11 <br />