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TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATS: <br />SOHJ: <br />Mayor Dutier <br />Mark Bernhardson* City Administrator <br />Orono Council Members <br />Jeanne A. Mabusth* Zoning Administrator <br />April 10, 1986 <br />•1013 Furniture Minnesota, 3850 Shoreline Drive <br />Commercial Site Plan <br />I <br />Zoning District - B-5 <br />Area -> 40,808.81 s.f. or .93 acres <br />20,000 s.f. required <br />Application - Commercial site plan review for proposed 80' x 84' structur* <br />(6720 s.f.) to house furniture sales/storage operation. <br />I <br />• 'i <br />••• <br />List of Exhibits - ^ <br />A ~ Application <br />. B. - Plat Map . , i <br />vjC - City Engineer Cook's.Letter <br />■^D - Minnehaha Crc'ek.^’dtershe l. District Report <br />- Planning’C6mmissibn’'Minu :es:.;'3/lt/86 <br />F - Drainage Study :r,; <br />G - Landscape Plan-; ’ • • ' . • <br />tl - Site Plan * <br />I - Vs'atershed - local <br />J - Building Plans s elevations <br />Steve Katainen, ov.ier of Furniture Minnesota, has purchased the site <br />construct a "gallery" furniture store - "gallery" operation has he • <br />defined by Katainen as a satellite store handling limited lines <br />furniture. The furniture store would be operated as Katainen's larn<* <br />store in St. Paul but on a much smaller scale. The store would car**, <br />limited brands or special lines in limited quantities. Katainen w; M <br />such determinations as soon as the needs and tastes of the local comnuini' ' <br />are determined. <br />Furniture sales use is not specifically addressed und«r B-5 zoninn. <br />rsKod the Planning Commission to determine the compatibility of ♦ <br />{•reposed use in relation to the intent of the B-5 zoning ilir.ttitt a <br />pattern of surrounding existing commercial development. <br />The intent of the district is to provide a district for bur. i n-’src.s tt* •* <br />supply conn.oclities or perform a service piimarily for resit.ent*. and wi <br />not ojnerato high traffic and excessive amounts of hardcover. <br />Planning Commission found the proposed use compatible not requirino <br />special zoning amendment. The use would be a low traffic ntnor.Ttor and <br />for h^.rdcover the B-5 district has no hardcover controls. The proposed i. <br />will generate less hardcover than the mixed use facility apptovet <br />Lowell Zitzloff in 1979 on the .same site. Review the site plan - <br />- there is adequate green area around the building, structure anil to. .n <br />pond. <br />i: