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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION Monday, April 16, 2018 6:30 o'clock p.m. ROLL CALL The Orono Planning Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: Chair John Thiesse, Commissioners Bob Erickson, Kevin Landgraver, Bruce Lemke, Dennis Libby, and Jon Ressler. Representing Staff were Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, City Planners Melanie Curtis and Laura Oakden, and Recorder Jackie Young. Council Member Wendy Dankey and Mayor Dennis Walsh were present. 6. LA18-000035 K. RYAN HASSE, 3800 SHORELINE DRIVE, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN REVIEW, 7:12 P.M. — 7:52 P.M. Ryan Hasse, Applicant, was present. Oakden stated the applicant is requesting a conditional use permit for a dog kennel and site plan review. Kennels are listed as a conditional use in the B-5 district. The applicants propose to use the existing building at 3800 Shoreline Drive for DogHaven, a dog daycare, grooming spa, and training facility. They will offer overnight boarding on a limited basis. There will be staff onsite anytime there are dogs being boarded overnight. A staff member will also always be present if dogs are using the outdoor area. To the north of the site is the Hennepin County garage, to the south is Shoreline Drive, to the west is a retail shop, and to the east is the Navarre Fire Station. The applicants are proposing to update the existing building fagade by painting the exterior gray with white trim and replacing the roof with a dark gray metal to match the proposed building. They are also proposing to construct a 1,932 square foot accessory structure on the site, which will match the color scheme of the existing building. This accessory building will be one large room with one restroom and will be used as an indoor play area for the dogs year-round. The applicants will also add a 6 -foot white vinyl privacy fence around the outdoor dog area with a 10 -foot setback from the property line. There is a small "potty grass" area that will be added to the site between the two buildings. The existing parking lot will change slightly. Currently eight parking spaces exist, with the new parking plan showing seven parking spaces due to the placement of the accessory building, which will remove one space from the lot. The applicant will restripe and maintain the seven proposed parking spots. The ordinance does not anticipate the proposed use so Staff used the ratios for day nurseries, which was also used for The Woofington. Per City Code, day nurseries require four parking spaces, plus one for each 500 square feet in excess of 1,000 square feet of floor space in the principal structure. Following City Code, this use would require five total parking spaces. If the accessory building is added into the calculation, eight spaces would be required. The Planning Commission should discuss the parking on the site. All setbacks and site coverage have been met with the proposal. Oakden stated all uses have impacts on the surrounding area and uses within a commercial district can expect a certain elevated level of traffic, noise, and lighting over residential use. The proposed use may generate additional impacts over these expected impacts due to dog barking and smells sometimes