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Zoning File #1635 April 8, 1991 Page 2 of 3 Review of Coomercial Site Plan - ' The 10*x25' storage facility is needed to provide additional area for equipment needed to ”rarade existing car wash. Mr. O'Sullivan has advised that the nt-- system will allow the removal of the cleaning brushes and the installation of a with high pressure chemical cleaning system. There is no room within the existing car wash to support the pressure tanks needed to service this type of car wash. The structure will also serve as additional storage area for the entire facility (not storage of additional goods but maintenance type equipment). Review of Application #958 - Application #C58 involved the major upgrading of the property to a convenience store/auto repair/car wash. All conditions of the original conditional use permit/v •'riance application have been fulfilled by the applicant. The ^^roject has been most successful. Traffic patterns approved on the property have worked most effectively. There have been no accidents as a result of the applicant being allowed to maintain the two curb cuts close to the intersection of County Roads 15 and 19. As a patron of O'Sullivaii® and staff member, I have never noted a problem with parking at the facility nor has the City received complaints (parking stall variance granted with 1958). Review of Current Application - At the time of the building permit review, the car wash portion of the new improvements was not sprinkled. There is nothing in the permit file that provides the current staff with any background on why the car wash was not installed with the required sprinkler system. The building department will ask that the concrete block structure be sprinkled and at the same time install a system within the car wash. The Building Department advises that the cost to include car wash is minimum because lines have to be extended from auto repair through car wash. The applicant seeks setback variances for the proposed addition. This setback is sought from the north lot line of the PWBI. The Institute is located 100 + ' from the lot line. The only adjacent structure is a garage which was installed by the University of Minnesota without the benefit of a building pe^it review. The structure appears to be 25-30' from the lot line. There is no other suitable area to install the facility as it must be adjacent to the car wash structure. The existing grade along the east lot line minimizes the structural impact as the elevations at the FWBI lot line are higher than at the car was + elevation. Fencing will minimize the impact of the 12* higu structure.