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#02-2780 Otten Bros. Nursery 2350 West Wayzata Boulevard Page 5 of 5__________ Staff does agree that the area of the site visible from Dickey Lake Drive, especially near the parking lot and north of the rock bins, needs attention in order to provide more effective screening. Lot 2 is fairly well screened to both the lots to the north and Highway 12. However, a significant amount of the screening of the Walvatne property (710 Dickey Lake Drive) is by vegetation on the adjacent property vs. the evergreens initially planted by Otten. The Planning Commission recommended the adjacent property owners and Cliff Otten seek mediation to resolve the issues as noted above. The City of Orono can facilitate the mediation. The mediation process will be handled bv an outside mediation service. A condition of the PUD Amendment shall be to begin the mediation Brocess, f/vv Plaaning Commission and Staff Recommendation 'A^The Planning Commission recommended by a vote of 7 to 0 to approve the request to the amend ^ the PUD Agreement to allow a concession stand style restaurant to operate within the building as an accessory use to the nursery retail. The restaurant approval would permit the operation to use 900 s.f. of area with seating for 44, as currently available on-site. Staff recommends the approval subject to the following conditions: No exterior signage is permitted on the building or property to exclusively advertise the restaurant use. There is a concern about the adequacy and amount of parking available on-site. Exterior advertising would bring additional vehicles to the property. 2. Primary access to the restaurant area shall be from within the existing retail nursery space. No separate access shall be permitted that would be intended to be the primary access for restaurant customers. Any request to expand the restaurant use beyond a cafeteria use shall be reviewed as an amendment to the PUD Agreement. Expansions to the restaurant use would be any increase to the seating capacity beyond 44, dedicating more than 500 s.f. of the floor area of the building to public seating area or devoting more than 900 s.f. to the restaurant use. 5. The concession stand use shall only permit ordering of food at a counter. 6. The hours of operation of the concession stand shall be limited to the normal operating hours of the retail to which it is accessory. 3. 4. Planning Commission recommended denial of the request to allow restaurants in general to be added as a permitted use to the PUD Agreement. Any such request to locate a restaurant within any part of the building shall be reviewed independently as an amendment to the PUD Agreement through the normal public hearing process. Planning Commission recommended denial of the request to include all B-1 uses as permitted uses. Any proposed use not listed as permitted by the existing PUD Agreement should be reviewed independently as an amendment to the PUD.