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. C0MMUNICAT10NS.ME0U DIVISION <br />ORIGINAL DOCUMRNT <br />IS OP POOR OUALITV <br />Mayor But lor <br />Mark Bernhardson» City Administrator <br />Orono Council Members <br />PROM: <br />DATE: <br />SOBJ: <br />Jeanne A. Mabusth# Zoning Administrator <br />April 10, 1986 <br />#1013 Furniture Minnesota, 3850 Shoreline Drive <br />Commercial Site Plan <br />X <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 />List of Exhibits - <br />A - Application <br />B- Plat Map <br />C - City Engineer Cook's Letter <br />D - Minnehaha Creek, Wstershea.District Report <br />E - Planning Commission :Minu :ea,-3/11^ <br />F - Drainage Study... <br />G - Landscape Plan <br />H - Site Plan <br />I ~ Vv’a ter shed - local <br />J - Building Plans S elevations <br />Steve Kataincn, owner of Furniture Minnesota, has purchased the site <br />construct a "gallery" furniture store - "gallery" operation has b*- <br />defined by Katainen as a satellite store handling limited lines <br />furniture. The furniture store would be operated as Katainen's laro** <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 ma*^ <br />such determinations as soon as the needs and tastes of the local ccmmuni <br />arc determined. <br />Furniture sales use is not specifically addressed under D-5 zoning S t a f » <br />ked the Planning Commission to determine the compatibility of » *••• <br />proposed use in relation to the intent of the B-5 zoning ilir.iiitt a <br />pattern of surrounding existing commercial development. <br />The int »nt of the district is to provide a district for bus i ii'^sscs . i • <br />supply comn.odities or perform a service primarily for resident*-. an*i wi . <br />not generate high traffic and excessive amounts of hardcover. <br />Planning Commission found the proposed use compatible not requiring <br />soecial zoning amendment. The use would be a low traffic otnor.-'.toi am <br />for hardcover the B-5 district has no hardcover controls. The proposoi i. • <br />will generate less hardcover than the mixed use facility ‘"'FH’* ^ ' <br />Lowell Zitzloff in 1979 on the same site. Review the site plan - exhibit • <br />- there is adequate green area around the building, structure .in« le e <br />pond.