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Project Description The applicant, Meridian Properties Real Estate Development LLC (d/b/a TOLD Development Company) is requesting i.) approval for the site plan, ii.) requisite text amendment to the B5 zoning to allow for the proposed use, and Hi.) variance for the hard surface calculation in order to construct a Walgreen ’s Drug Store at the northeast comer of Highway 19 and Navarre Lane (vacated). Submitted herewith are the following: Survey (Cl) Preliminary Grading and Drainage Plan (C2) Title Sheet (T.O) Site Plan (ASl) Landscape Plan (LI) Elevation (A2) The pr -osed project, as noted above, is a Walgreen ’s Dmg Store. The building is 13,905 square feet and is approximately 105' wide by 135’ long. The proposed building is predominately brick on all four elevations with some glazing and drivit on the south and west elevations. The site plan calls for 74 parking stalls. Additionally, the building features a two-lane drive-through prescription pick-up and drop-off lane on the east elevation and a truck pad and a trash enclosure on the north side of the building. The site totals 84,312 square feet. The applicant. Meridian Properties Real Estate Development LLC will own the building and lease the building to Walgreen Company on a long term lease. Therefore, we are proposing a building that meets the exact specifications and criteria of Walgreen Company. Walgreen Company has some 2,500 stores in 34 states. They are, therefore, by anybody ’s definition, a national retailer. However, it is important to note that their focus is being a neighborhood retailer. In traditional areas, r preponderance of their customers come from a mile and a half radius of the store. Given this particular store location, we would still consider Walgreens to be a neighborhood retailer, but serving a slightly larger geographic neighborhood due to the proximity of Lake Minnetonka and shopping patterns. The store is 135' deep by 105' deep and fits the prototypical Walgreen Company “footprint ”. This design is being replicated nation wide and is the result of painstaking store development and market analysis, which is intended to ser\'e the need of the Walgreen customer thoroughly and efficiently. The proposed drive-through prescription pick-up and drop-off, on a nation wide basis, serves a average of six cars per hour. Therefore, it is not comparable to either a bank or fast food driv'e- through facility in its intensity of use, as it is much less intense. The drive-through is intended as convenience to Walgreen ’s customers. Only prescription medications, and no other goods, will