HomeMy WebLinkAboutRe: use of building Melanie Curtis
From: Evelyn M. Turner
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:06 PM
To: 'SCARLSON@SMILEMN.COM'
Subject: Former Caribou Coffee Building -2377 Shadywood Road
Shari:
This property is zoned B-1. To use the first floor for a dental office would require a
conditional use permit. There is already a conditional use permit for the two upstairs office
spaces. They are allowed a total of three occupants and, because of the limited parking,
are not to cater to the public.
The coffee shop also required a conditional use permit. It was allotted seven parking
spaces in the municipal parking lot.
Follow this link to �nd information and an application for a conditional use permit:
http://www.ci.orono.mn.us jPlanning%208v%20Zoning/Applications/CUP%20Application%
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Converting the deck on the south side of the building would require Council approval. It
might require a variance, depending on the height of the current deck. (All this could be
combined with the conditional use permit application.)
I think the biggest concern would be parking if you required more than seven spaces (or 10
if you occupied the entire building.) Although there is the municipal parking lot to the rear
of this building, we can't find that the number of spaces required for the existing
businesses has ever been calculated to determine if there are excess spaces in the lot. We
don't know what agreements (if any) were made when the parking lot was constructed.
Feel free to contact me if you have additional questions.
Evelyn Turner
City Planner
City of Orono
952-249-4623
952-249-4616 (fax)
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