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City of Orono - General Land Use Application 2380 Shadywood Road, Navarre, Minnesota mq ,<QO “fr i-.-.,..?£ a I Applicant: Orono Development, LLC Owner: Adam Smith Company and North Central Conservative Baptist Association Description of General Land Use Application: comprises the application for a commercial site plan review for 2380 Shadywood Road. The proposed development site is zon^d B-5. The site currently contains the vacant baptist church located near the intersection of County Roads #19 and #15. The adjacent commercial property is occupied by a commercial use, O’Sullivan ’s convenience store and Culvers restaurant. Some of the other nearby uses include a Super Valu grocery store an Amoco service station and single family residential homes. improvements at 2380 Shadywood Road would remove the vacant church bu! ding and provide a site for a one story 11,000 square fool retail/service center building The building would be constructed as slab on grade with a pitched roof and a combination brick and cedar sided exterior. The proposed exterior materials are anticipated to provide a reasonable transition between the neighboring single family and commercial uses. The development of the building would include surface on-site parking, site lighting and appropriate landscaping for a development m the City of Orono. The anticipated tenants for the development include a bank. The bank would require a drive up facility to provide for customer banking transactions which is an allowed use in B-5 The proposed design and location of the drive up facility is located away from the adjacent single tamily residential homes and would be operated on a compatible basis with the surrounding neighborhood. The neighboring Culver’s restaurant, also located in a B-5 district, also has a drive up service window. The submitted plans detail that the proposed development will be ponding any storm water m the on site pond area that was developed with the O’Sullivan ’s/Culver’s development. In addition, the site plan provides for a paved trailAvalkway across the property on the north east side of the proposed building. This paved trail/vvalkway is intended to provide pedestrian access from the Olive Avenue neighborhood up to Shadywood Road. application to the City of Orono also includes an application for a variance under the B-5 zoning district. The variance request includes several items, including a variance for allowed uses in the B-5 district, a variance for front yard setback and a variance for this property with regard to the hardcover ordinance. A separate variance application is enclosed for these three requests. It IS expected the demolition of the existing church would occur in March, construction and site work w'ould begin in April and completion scheduled for September 1998. 'b-