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rj TOl <br />I i <br />PROH: <br />DATS <br />SUBJ: <br />Mayor ButlerMark 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 />Soning 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 />$ <br />. ■* <br />i' 0** <br />List of Exhibits - I <br />A - Application <br />B - Plat Map <br />C - City Engineer Cook's Letter <br />D - Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Report <br />E - Planning Commission Minu|:es;3/l|/86 <br />F - Drainage Study . <br />G - Landscape Plan <br />H “ Site Plan <br />I - Watershed - local <br />J - Building Plans & elevations <br />Steve Katainen, owner of Furniture Minnesota, has purchased the site <br />construct a "qallcry- furniture store - "gallery- operation <br />defined by Katainen as a satellite store handling limited ^1 inr. <br />furniture. The furniture store would be operated as Katainen s lartr <br />store in St. Paul but on a much smaller scale. The store would car- <br />limited brands or special linos in limited quantities. Katainen w;M ma- <br />such determinations as soon as the needs and tastes of the local communr <br />are determined. <br />Furniture sales use is not specifically addressed under D-5 zoninq. Sta* <br />asked the Planning Commission to determine the compatibility o <br />proposed use in relation to the intent of the B-5 zoninq .listtitt a <br />pattern of surrounding existing commercial development. <br />The intent of the district is to provide a district for busin-sr.es th <br />supply comn.oditios or perform a service primarily for resident, and <br />not g-nerate high traffic and excessive amounts of hardcover. <br />Planning Commission found the proposed use compatible not <br />special zoning amendment. The use would be a low traffic <br />fSr hardcover the B-5 district has no hardcover ^r.. <br />will generate less hardcover than the mixed use facility <br />"owVll Zitzloff in 1979 on the some site. Review the .s»te pl..n - <br />- there is adequate green area around the building, structure an< <br />pond. <br />$ * <br />I <br />1 .