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Zoning File #1635 <br />April 8, 1991 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />Eeview of Commercial Site Plan - <br />The 10'x25' storage facility is needed to provide additional <br />ar©a for equipment needed to upgrade existing car wash. Mr. <br />O'Sullivan has advised that the new systen- will allow the removal <br />of the cleaning brushes and the installation of a with high <br />pressure chemical cleaning system. There is no room within the <br />existing car wash to support the pressure tanks needed to service <br />this type of car wasn. The structure will also serve as <br />additional storage area for the entire facility (not storage of <br />additional goods but maintenance type equipment). <br />Review of Application #958 ~ <br />Application #958 involved the major upgrading of the <br />property to a convenience store/auto repair/car wash. ^ All <br />conditions of the original conditional use permit/variance <br />application have been fulfilled by the applicant. The project <br />has been most successful. Traffic patterns approved on the <br />property have worked most effectively. There have been no <br />accidents as a result of the applicant beir.g allowed to maintain <br />the two curb cuts close to the intersect*on of County Roads 15 <br />and 19. As a patron of O'Sullivans and 3taff member, I have <br />never noted a problem with parking at the facility nor has the <br />City received complaints (parking stall variance granted with <br />#958). <br />Review of Current Application - <br />At the time of the building permit review, the car wash <br />portion of the new improvements was not sprinkled. There is <br />nothing in the permit file that provides the current staff with <br />any background on why the car wash was not installed with the <br />required sprinkler system. The building department will ask that <br />the concrete block structure be sprinkled and at the same time <br />install a system within the car wash. The Building Department <br />advises that the cost to include car v/aah is minimum because <br />lines have to be extended from anto repair through car wash. <br />The applicant seeks setback variances for the proposed <br />addition. This setback i'. sought from the north lot line of the <br />FWBI. The Institute is located 100+* from the lot line. The <br />only adjacent struct;''*e is a garage which was installed by the <br />University of Minneso-v without the benefit of a building permit <br />review. The structu-*w ipears to be 25-30' from the lot line. <br />There is no other s».\'.i... •.e area to install the facility as it <br />must be adjacent to th » jar wash structure. The existing grade <br />along the east lot line minimizes the str*actural impact as the <br />elevations at the FWBI lot line are higher than at the car wash <br />elevation. Fencing will minimize the impact of the 12* high <br />structure.